One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 2481

Receipt for payment for weeding land TM 2481Philadelphia (Arsinoites)11. März 256 v.Chr.

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A receipt, written twice on the same sheet, recording that Onnophris son of Harapatis received 4 drachmas for weeding the land he holds. It dates to 11 March 256 BC at Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, from the Zenon archive.

In English machine translation

Year 29, Tybi 17. Onnophris son of Harapatis has received … for weeding, 4 drachmas. Year 29, Tybi 17. Onnophris son of Harapatis has received for weeding of the land which he holds 4 drachmas.

The text is written in two copies, the first abbreviated and with an illegible word. "Botanismos" means the weeding of fields, a paid agricultural task.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittung für βοτανισμός). 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 · 11. März 256 v.Chr. · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

ἔτους κθ, Τῦβι ιζ. ἔχει Ὀννῶφρις Ἁραπάτιος … εἰς βοτανισμὸν δραχμὰς δ. ἔτους κθ, Τῦβι ιζ. ἔχει Ὀννῶφρις Ἁραπάτιος εἰς βοτανισμὸν ἧς ἔχει γῆς δραχμὰς δ.