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[… ? lines lost …] κδ […] κη […] Φαμενὼθ[…] ιγ […] κε […] Φαρμοῦθι ιβ δραχμὰς ϛ […] … ὑπὲρ σαντάλων δραχμὰς γ […] κη πύρου ἀρτάβης 𐅵 διὰ Πατ…[…] Παχὼν ε δραχμὰς δ
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Fragment of an account listing payments by day across the Egyptian months Phamenoth, Pharmouthi and Pachon, including drachma sums, a payment for sandals and half an artaba of wheat delivered through a man whose name begins Pat… . It is an ostracon from Eileithyiopolis (Elkab), dated to the 1st or 2nd century AD.
The numbers at the start of each line are days of the month. The beginning of the account is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment de compte). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] κδ […] κη […] Φαμενὼθ[…] ιγ […] κε […] Φαρμοῦθι ιβ δραχμὰς ϛ […] … ὑπὲρ σαντάλων δραχμὰς γ […] κη πύρου ἀρτάβης 𐅵 διὰ Πατ…[…] Παχὼν ε δραχμὰς δ
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