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List of grain rations with notes on baking arrangements TM 1709Philadelphia (Arsinoites)245 - 239 v.Chr. (?)

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A list of grain rations from the Zenon archive at Philadelphia in the Fayum, giving one choinix each to a series of men, followed by notes on individual arrangements for rations, kneading and baking. It dates to about 245-239 BC.

In English machine translation

[1] To Zenon, 1 choinix To Epharmostos, 1 choinix To Apollonios, 1 choinix To Apollonides, 1 choinix To Sostratos, 1 choinix To Sosos, 1 choinix To Sosigenes, 1 choinix To Terpos […] To Chresimos […] […] [… lines lost …] [2] Sphex, what he says for himself: 1/4 artaba (?) he will knead, I will bake. Fine flour he will not take out (?). Doros likewise Poros likewise Isidora, with regard to her mother, the grain ration […] […] […] […] grain ration […] of the work (?) […] from the 1st of the […] correctly […] I have […]

A choinix was a small dry measure, roughly a daily ration of grain. The figure after Sphex's name is read as 1/4 artaba, and the second column is damaged and difficult to interpret.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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p.lond.7.2149

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 245 - 239 v.Chr. (?) · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

[1] Ζήνωνι χοίνιξ α Ἐφαρμόστωι χοίνιξ α Ἀπολλωνίωι χοίνιξ α Ἀπολλωνίδηι χοίνιξ α Σωστράτωι χοίνιξ α Σώσωι χοίνιξ α Σωσιγένηι χοίνιξ α Τέρπωι[…] Χρησίμωι[…] […]…[…] [… ? lines lost …] [2] Σφὴξ ἃ λέγει ἑαυτῶι ἀρτάβης δ φυράσει, ἐγὼ πέψω. σεμίδαλις οὐκ ἐξελει. Δῶρος ὡσαύτως Πόρος ὡσ…