p.cair.zen.5.59809
ἔχει Σαρανις ἐπὶ τοῦ Βερενίκης ὅρμου ἐλαίου χοίνικος 𐅵 ἐν Βουβάστωι κοτύλας δ ἐν Μέμφει κίκιος κοτύλας ε ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείαι ἐλαίου κοτύλας ε γίνονται ἐλαίου χοῖνιξ α κοτύλαι γ κίκιος κοτύλαι ε
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Account of olive oil and castor oil received by Saranis TM 1433Alexandria257 v.Chr.
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A short account listing the quantities of olive oil and castor oil received by a man named Saranis at several stops: the anchorage of Berenike, Boubastos, Memphis and Alexandria, with totals for each kind of oil. It belongs to the Zenon archive and dates to 257 BC.
In English machine translation
Saranis has received:
at the anchorage of Berenike, of olive oil 1/2 choinix
at Boubastos, 4 kotylai
at Memphis, of castor oil 5 kotylai
at Alexandria, of olive oil 5 kotylai
Total: of olive oil 1 choinix 3 kotylai
of castor oil 5 kotylai
Kiki is castor oil, used mainly as lamp fuel; the choinix and kotyle are small dry and liquid measures (a choinix here equals several kotylai). The stops suggest a journey between Alexandria and the Delta and Memphis.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of oil). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.