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Account of food expenses including visits of the katholikos and prefect TM 22864Hermopolites (?)ca. 330

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Daily account of food purchases (pork, poultry, meat, fish, oil, firewood) for a household, including provisions for dinners during visits of the katholikos (finance official) and the prefect of Egypt. From the Hermopolite nome (?), around AD 330, with prices in inflated talents and drachmas.

In English machine translation

[column 1] […] Pauni 1, small fish […] 1 talent […] drachmas 2, price of a pair of pigs, 1: 4,800 drachmas 3, price of pigs, 3: 1 talent 1,200 drachmas 4, to Kleopatra (?): price of chickens, 1: 1 talent 2,000 drachmas price of a suckling pig: 8 talents price of oil, 1 half-jar: 68 talents to the house of Pausanias, 4 breeding sows: 8 talents suckling pig: 10 talents (Total) 190 talents 2,000 drachmas [column 2] […] 20, to the Sarapeion, 7 cocks at 2 talents 4,000 drachmas: 18 talents 2,000 drachmas for completing the 1 half-jar Pharmouthi 16 after the 55 talents given, from the price of a solidus: 11 talents 21, to the house of Pausanias, 2 pairs of pigs: 1 talent 3,600 drachmas 22, to Horion the piper, 13 birds: 35 talents 23, to the house of Isidoros, for meat and small fish: 12 talents (Total) 186 talents 200 drachmas [column 3] […] meat, 13 pounds: 6 talents 5,600 drachmas sweetmeats: 2,400 drachmas boiled food: 5 talents small fish: 4 talents 3,600 drachmas radish oil, 3 sextarii: 2 talents 2,400 (drachmas) firewood: 1 talent cocks, 4: 10 talents 4,000 drachmas (Total) 94 talents 5,000 drachmas [column 4] […] firewood […] oil, 1 kotyle […] […] sausages and […] small fish […] wormwood wine […] for the visit of the katholikos, price […] 16: 26 talents 4,000 (drachmas) Pauni 2, for the dinner: meat, 12 pounds: 6 talents 2,400 drachmas liver, 4 pounds: 2 talents 800 drachmas trotters, 4, for the […] 1, and 1 tripe: 2 talents cocks, 4: 10 talents 4,000 drachmas for the visit of the prefect, price of […] 2: 5 talents 2,000 drachmas (Total) 112 talents 4,400 drachmas [column 5] […] [verso]

The katholikos was the chief financial official of the diocese; the huge sums reflect fourth-century currency inflation, with a gold solidus worth many talents.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · ca. 330 · Hermopolites (?)

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