One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 2396

Account of thirteen calves of Thonas, addressed to Zenon TM 2396unbekanntMitte III v.Chr.

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A short account listing 13 calves associated with a man named Thonas, with a price or value in drachmas and obols given for each animal. The verso is addressed to Zenon, indicating it belongs to the Zenon archive of the mid-3rd century BC.

In English machine translation

[recto] Thonas: 13 calves, of which one 17 drachmas, another 7 (drachmas) 3 obols, another […], another 6 (drachmas) 4 obols, another 5 (drachmas) 3 obols, another 7 (drachmas), another […], another 3 (drachmas), another […], another 4 (drachmas) 4 obols, another […], another 4 (drachmas), another […] [… ? lines lost …] [verso] To Zenon

The amounts are probably prices or valuations of individual calves; the lower part of the list is lost.

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.

p.lond.7.2174

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

[r] Θωνᾶς μόσχους ιγ ὧν εἷς δραχμ ιζ ἄλλος ζ ὀβολ 3 ἄλλος[…] ἄλλος ϛ ὀβολ 4 ἄλλος ε ὀβολ 3 ἄλλος ζ ἄλλος […] ἄλλος γ ἄλλος […]ἄλλος δ ὀβολ 4 ἄλλος[…]ἄλλος δ ἄλλος… [… ? lines lost …] [v] Ζήνωνι