Fragment of a Money Account
Last col. of a private money account mentioning, among other items, a very low house rent for 2 weeks
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1821
Fragment of a private money account with rent and wine TM 1821Philadelphia? (Arsinoites)261 BCE – 229 BCE
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The final column of a private money account, listing small expenses such as a half-month house rent in Tybi and castor oil, with totals and a balance, followed by a purchase of seven jars of wine. It dates to the mid-3rd century BC, probably from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
[…] price of a head (?) 1 1/4 obols
[…] rent for 15 days of the month of Tybi, 1 drachma 1 1/2 obols
[…] for castor oil for 15 days at 1/4 obol (each), 3 3/4 obols
Total 2 (drachmas) 1/2 obol. Total 48 drachmas 2 1/2 obols 1 chalkous. Remainder 71 drachmas 3 1/4 obols 1 chalkous.
[…] and out of this I supply odourless (?) wine
[…] 7 jars at 8 drachmas 2 1/4 obols, 58 drachmas 3 1/2 obols […]
[Me]cheir […]
Antip[…] to […]machos 2 drachmas 3 obols
Kephalis ('head') may denote a head of garlic or similar item; its meaning here is uncertain. The house rent for 15 days is notably low.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a Money Account). 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.4.108
[…] τιμὴ κεφαλίδος ὀβολὸς 1 1/4 […]ἐνοίκιον ἡμερῶν ιε μηνὸς Τῦβι δραχμὴ α ὀβολὸς ἡμιωβέλιον […]ωι εἰς κίκι ἡμερῶν ιε ἀνὰ τέταρτον ὀβολοῦ ὀβολοὶ 3 1/2 1/4 γίνονται β ἡμιωβέλιον . γίνονται μη διώβολον ἡμιωβέλιον χαλκοῦς 1. λοιπὸν οα ὀβολοὶ 3 1/4 χαλκοῦς 1. […]ἐκ δὲ τούτου παρέχω οἴ…