Account
Fragment of an account belonging to a group of accounts and lists recording the result of trading expeditions to Syria and Asia Minor, in the early period of Zenon's career
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 3 records across 3 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Fragment of an account recording sales of goods, including birds, pigs and 96 jars of old wine from Coracesium, with prices in drachmas. It belongs to the papers of Zenon from Philadelphia in the Fayum and relates to trading expeditions to Syria and Asia Minor around 259 BC; Patara in Lycia is mentioned.
Koracesian wine came from Coracesium in Cilicia; the restoration '[to]mia' (slices or cuts, perhaps of salted fish) is uncertain. The total of 352 drachmas fits 96 jars at 3 drachmas 4 obols each.
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 an 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.
Fragment of an account belonging to a group of accounts and lists recording the result of trading expeditions to Syria and Asia Minor, in the early period of Zenon's career
[1] […]ων ἐν Πατάροις […] κη […]Πτολεμαιεις […]α … … […]…ας β δραχμαὶ μδ […]…ας … β […]κης […]τομίαν δραχμαὶ κ […]ας […]μας β δραχμαὶ μ […]Πτολεμα… […]τομίας ε δραχμαὶ ρι [2] [… ? lines lost …] …[…]…μικατ…… ὄρνιθας γ δραχμαὶ γ Πυρρίας χοίρους β δραχμαὶ ε Ἀ…νικος[…] χοίρους β δραχ…
Spotted an error, a mis-mapped findspot, or have a suggestion? We read every note.