Report upon Production from Hay Land
Account of production from 15 arouras: some were grazing land, some became salt-incrusted and 6 produced hay
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Account of production from a hay field of 15 arouras TM 1808Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)261 BCE – 229 BCE
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An account of the yield of a 15-aroura hay field. Four arouras of green fodder were grazed by animals between Choiak and Tybi, five arouras of dry hay were lost to salt-encrustation between Mecheir and Pachon, and the remaining six arouras produced 5,400 bundles of two minas each. It probably comes from Philadelphia in the Fayum, mid-3rd century BC.
In English machine translation
Account of hay from 15 arouras.
Of the green crop, which [...] have grazed off from Choiak 10 to Tybi 30: 4 arouras.
And from Mecheir to Pachon, 4 months, salt-encrustations (?) have consumed 5 arouras of the dry crop.
Total: 9 arouras. Remaining: 6 arouras,
from which there have been produced 5,400 two-mina bundles.
The word read as 'salt-encrustations' (halismoi) is partly restored and its sense here is uncertain; the grazing animals are named in an illegible word. The bundle number is read as Greek numeral 5,400 (Ευ).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Report upon Production from Hay Land). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.col.4.95
λόγος χόρτου ἀρουρῶν ιε. χλωροῦ οὗ καταβεβρώκασιν …… ἀπὸ Χοιὰχ ι ἕως Τῦβι λ, ἄρουραι δ. καὶ ἀπὸ Μεχεὶρ ἕως Παχὼνς μηνῶν δ ἀνηλώκασιν ἁλισμοὶ ξηροῦ ἀρούρας ε. γίνονται ἄρουραι θ. λοιπαὶ ἄρουραι ϛ ἐξ ὧν γεγόνασιν δέσμαι διμναῖοι Ευ