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Account of a cult association for banquet expenses TM 219338unbekannt2. Hälfte II v.Chr. (?)

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Fragmentary account of a cult association recording expenses for a banquet or festival, including wine, perfume, garlands, sacrificial victims, condiments and a temple warden, with the total divided among the members. A list of member names follows on the back.

In English machine translation

[recto] [… ? lines lost …] […] […] aledra lykita […] Total 1,040 and the […] 4, 760, total 1,800 6 jars of wine, 1 keramion, 5,100 perfume, garland 300 thrya (rushes?) for the boys 160 aledra lykita 30 Total 5,660 and the 4, 1,800, total 1 talent 1,460 There are 22 men, 1/2; likewise Pemynnasis 1/2; total 23 at 325 each, total 1 talent 1,475; 21 with the oikonomos (?) 15 [… 4 lines lost …] [verso] Phaophi 1: 2 jars, 1 talent 600 […] sacrificial victims 3,550, of which 820, 1,200, total [2,350] perfume, garland 400 […] nakoros (temple warden) 100 […] vinegar, mustard, salt 80 (?) […] […] 20 […] wine-pourer 100 […] sari (Nile reed?) […] Total 1 talent 3,700 […] There are 19 men at 515 each, total [1 talent 3,785] Patymis […] Orsenouphis […] Inaros […] Pachemis […] […]ouphis […] […] […] [… ? lines lost …]

Sums are in copper drachmas, with the total cost shared per member (e.g. 325 or 515 drachmas each). Words like aledra lykita and thrya are obscure and their translations uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Abrechnung eines Kultvereins). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 2. Hälfte II v.Chr. (?)

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