An account of expenditures of a great estate (the 'glorious house') at Oxyrhynchus, listing payments to messengers and servants, purchases of linen for the Persians, bath supplies and ropes for the estate camels. Entries date to Pharmouthi through Epeiph of a 9th indiction.
In English machine translation
[Column 1]
To Phoibammon, servant, son of Olympios, going to the Arsinoite (nome) with letters, for expenses, month of Pharmouthi, indiction 9, 3 keratia.
[…] who became [...] of the glorious house and of the most magnificent councillors, for 1 pair of linen cloths bought and given to the praetorium on account of the Persians, indiction 9, at 6 keratia, share of the glorious house, 1 1/2 1/8 keratia.
For the price of 1 pair of linen cloths bought and given for the change of the kolobion (tunic) on account of the Persians, month of Pharmouthi, indiction 9, 3 keratia.
To Georgios in place of Petros the much-sighted (?), as a pious gift, according to custom, also in the 9th indiction, Pharmouthi, indiction 9, 280 folles.
For […] bought and given to the Persians, month of Pharmouthi, indiction 9, 120 folles.
To Phoibammon, servant, son of Olympios, going to the Arsinoite (nome), for expenses, Pharmouthi 24, indiction 9, 120 folles.
[…] to the locksmith who made the key of the bolts […] 1 keration
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[Column 2]
To Victor, groom, going to Herakleopolis with letters to the most glorious Tzimein […]
For the price of 50 glass panes (?) bought for the use of the estate bath of the village of Takona, and another [80 panes for] the bath in the village of Ophis, total 130 panes, at 3 folles each, Pauni, indiction 9, […] 39(?) folles […]
For the price of 6 palm-fibre ropes bought for the use of the estate camels of the glorious house, Epeiph 1, indiction 9, […]
To Phoibammon, servant, going to the Thebaid with the fine flour sent to the most glorious Bottas […]
To Abraamios […] going to Kromydion with letters, for expenses, Epeiph 10, indiction 9, […]
To Germanos, servant, going to Theodosiopolis on estate business, for expenses, Epeiph […], indiction 9, […]
To Petros, servant, going to the Arsinoite (nome), for expenses, […]
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The references to the Persians point to the Persian occupation of Egypt (AD 619-629); the 'glorious house' is probably the Apion estate. 'Spekla' are probably window panes, and keratia and folles are units of money.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Expenditure). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.