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A fragmentary record of a consignment of twelve new sweat-cloths (towels) of various colours sent from Theogenes by the donkey-driver Amenneus on one donkey. It dates to the mid-3rd century BC, the period of the Zenon archive.
The word hidroia denotes cloths for wiping sweat, perhaps towels or bath cloths. The colour terms (thapsina yellow, phoinika crimson, prasina leek-green, melina quince-yellow, porphyra purple) have no exact English equivalents.
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.
απτελλ[…]…τρης […] καὶ παρὰ τοῦ Θεογένους […] ὀνηλάτου Ἀμεννέως ἱδρῶια καινὰ ἐφʼ ἑνὸς ὄνου ιβ, τούτων θάψινα γ[…] φοινικᾶ γ[…] πράσινα γ[…] μήλινα γ[…] […]…νη ἐντελλομένη[…] […]νον …[…] [… 2 lines lost …] [… ? lines lost …] [… ? lines lost …] [… 2 lines lost …] …αρα […] πράσινα […
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