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[…]…ες […]δι… ἀπέχω […]ὑμῶν τιμῆς λαχάνου […]Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου[…]ἔτους[…] Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου[…]ω…ης σεσημείωμαι
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 18080
Receipt for the price of vegetables TM 18080Oberägypten117 - 138
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A fragmentary receipt in which someone acknowledges having received from the addressees the price of vegetables. It is dated in the reign of the emperor Hadrian (AD 117-138) and comes from Upper Egypt.
In English machine translation
[…] […]
[…] I have received
[…] from you the price of vegetables
[…] of Hadrian Caesar
[the lord] […] year […] of Hadrian Caesar
[the lord] […] I have signed.
The word translated "vegetables" (lachanon) can also refer specifically to vegetable seed or a vegetable crop. The exact regnal year and day are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Τιμὴ Λαχάνου). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.