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Duplicate receipt for payment for planting castor on 5 arouras TM 1891Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)14th March, 256 B.C.

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A duplicate receipt from the Zenon archive recording that Theon son of Protarchos received 2 drachmas 3 obols for planting castor on 5 arouras. It was written at Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome on 14 March 256 BC.

In English machine translation

Year 29, Tybi 20. Theon son of Protarchos has received, for the planting of castor (kiki) on 5 arouras, 2 drachmas 3 obols. Year 29, Tybi 20. Theon son of Protarchos has received, for the planting of castor on 5 arouras, 2 drachmas 3 obols.

Kiki is the castor-oil plant, grown for lamp oil. The text is written twice, as an upper and lower copy of the same receipt.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittung für κίκιος φυτεία). 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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Duplicate receipt

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · JE53733 · 14th March, 256 B.C. · Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

Part of a duplicate receipt.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 14. März 256 v.Chr. · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

ἔτους κθ Τῦβι κ. ἔχει Θέων Πρωτάρχου εἰς κίκιος φυτείαν ἀρουρῶν πέντε δραχμὰς δύο τριώβολον. ἔτους κθ Τῦβι κ. ἔχει Θέων Πρωτάρχου εἰς κίκιος φυτείαν ἀρουρῶν πέντε δραχμὰς δύο τριώβολον.