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κοινῆς δραχμαὶ Αχιγ […] Ἀρχίας ἀσκοῦ δραχμαὶ …[…] ιμ …[…] πτολεμαϊκοῦ α δραχμαὶ […] μαρσίππων δ […] Ὥρῳ δραχμαὶ ιβ […] τιμὴν κριθῆς […] ἀχύρου τάλαντα …[…] δραχμαὶ τι[…] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 144645
Account of expenses for a wineskin, bags, barley and chaff TM 144645Didymoi
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A fragmentary account on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in Egypt's Eastern Desert, listing sums in drachmas for items such as a wineskin, bags, barley and chaff, and payments to individuals named Archias and Horos.
In English machine translation
Of the common (fund?): 1613 drachmas […]
Archias, for a wineskin: […] drachmas […]
[…]
for 1 Ptolemaic (?) […] drachmas […]
for 4 bags […]
to Horos: 12 drachmas […]
price of barley […]
of chaff: […] talents […]
[…] drachmas […]
[… lines lost …]
The meaning of 'Ptolemaic' here is uncertain; it may refer to a type of measure or object. The weight of chaff is given in talents.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Comptes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.