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Account of earnings of a camel caravan between Egypt and Sidon TM 1725unbekannt259 BCE

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An account of the earnings of a small camel caravan, recording freight payments for trips between Egypt, Gaza, Sidon and Galilee. The camels carried dates, reed mats, pickled goods, grain and bricks, earning a total of 1,168 drachmas. It dates to 259 BC and belongs to the Zenon archive.

In English machine translation

[column 1] […] of 2 camels, 64 drachmas. Travelling from Sidon to Gaza empty, they received from Zenodoros for carrying bricks 10 drachmas. From the Tents (Skenai) to Egypt, 4 loads of dates, 4 camels, pay 104 drachmas. [column 2] […] Travelling from Gaza to Egypt with Nikaios they received 100 drachmas. Bringing reed mats from Egypt to Gaza they received ⟦drachmas⟧ pay for 2 camels, 32 drachmas. And of 2 other camels which carried pickled fish (?) [column 3] […] Carrying grain from Sidon to Galila they received 48 drachmas. For another grain transport from the same place, 48 drachmas. Carrying grain with Simon from Galila, 150 drachmas. Total: 1,168 drachmas.

The place name Galila in column 3 is partly restored and probably refers to Galilee. Skenai ('the Tents') was a stopping place on the route, its exact location uncertain.

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 Earnings of a Camel Caravan). 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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Account 259 BC

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · Col.inv. 205 · 259 BCE

Account of earnings of a four-camel caravan moving from Egypt via Gaza up the coast of Palestine as far as Sidon. The caravan transported dates, reed mats, pickled meats, and grain; when moving without a load, it took a load of bricks to Gaza. It received pay for freightage

DDbDP-text Full record →

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 259 v.Chr.

[1] [… ? lines lost …] δύο καμήλων δραχμὰς ξδ. ἐξ Σιδῶνος πορευθέντες εἰς Γάζαν κενοὶ ἔλαβον παρὰ Ζηνοδώρου πλινθοφοροῦντες δραχμὰς ι. ἀπὸ τῶν Σκηνῶν εἰς Αἴγυπτον γόμων δ φοινίκων καμήλων δ μισθὸς δραχμαὶ ρδ. [2] [… ? lines lost …] ἐκ Γάζης εἰς Αἴγυπτον μετὰ Νικαίου πορευθέντες ἔ…