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Account of expenses for a boat, freight and crew TM 2387unbekanntMitte III v.Chr.

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Fragment of an account of expenses connected with a boat, listing its price (288 drachmas), freight for wine, payments to helmsmen and named individuals, wax and ropes. It dates to the mid-3rd century BC, from the Ptolemaic period.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] ... [...] [...] Dionysia [...] [...] [...] Price of a boat: 288 drachmas Freight charge for wine: 1 drachma 3 obols [...]mareos [...]: 2 drachmas 2 obols To the helmsmen: 2 obols To Sosipatros: 10 drachmas [...] ... for Poly[...]: 10 drachmas To the helmsmen, for wax: 2 drachmas [...] as far as [...]: 8 drachmas [...]orbos: 1 drachma Ropes for the boat: 1 drachma 4 obols To [...]tophilos: 10 drachmas [...]

The reading 'aba' in one entry is unexplained, and several entries with names are broken at the start. The text belongs to the Zenon archive group of London papyri, though no place is given in the records.

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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p.lond.7.2165

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Mitte III v.Chr.

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