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Price list of a drug and perfume dealer TM 26663ArsinoitesII

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Fragmentary price list, apparently from a dealer in drugs and perfumes, from the Arsinoite nome in the 2nd century AD. One column preserves only prices in drachmas and obols; the other lists goods such as perfumes, writing ink, frankincense powder, melanteria, a perfume box and myrobalan.

In English machine translation

[Column 1] [... lines lost ...] [...] [...] drachmas 5 obols [...] 1 drachma 1/2 obol [...] [...] 22 drachmas 2 1/2 obols [...] 1 drachma 1 1/2 obols [...]pos 9 drachmas [...] obol [...] 1 drachma 1 1/2 obols [...]era[...] 2 drachmas 3 obols [...] 2 drachmas [...] 3 obols [...][...]aton [...] 8 drachmas [...] 4 obols [...] [...] 8 of a sack (?) [...][...]nton [...] 1/2 obol [...] 5 [drachmas] 3 1/2 obols [...]en 1 drachma 2 1/2 obols [...] 22 drachmas 2 obols [...] [...] drachmas 2 obols [... lines lost ...] [Column 2] [... lines lost ...] [...] [...] (Of) perfumes [...] Of the [...] Of the [...] (Of) writing ink [...] (Of) manna (frankincense powder) of the [...] Of the one [...] (Of) melanteria (shoemaker's black) [...] (Of) a perfume box [...] (Of) a mill [...] (Of) a kneading trough [...] (Of) red ochre (?) [...] [...] (Of) myrobalan [...] [...] [...] [...] (Of) musk (?) [...] [...] [... lines lost ...]

Melanteria was a mineral (iron sulphate) used as a black dye and in medicine; manna here means granular frankincense powder. The reading 'musk' (mosch-) is uncertain and could be another word.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Preisliste eines Drogenhändlers). 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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cpr.7.32

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II · Arsinoites

[1] [… ? lines lost …] […] δραχμαὶ … ὀβολοὶ ε […] δραχμὴ α ὀβολοῦ 𐅵 […]α … δραχμαὶ κβ ὀβολοὶ β 𐅵 […] δραχμὴ α ὀβολὸς α 𐅵 […]πος δραχμαὶ θ ὀβολός […] δραχμαὶ α ὀβολὸς α 𐅵 […]ερα… δραχμαὶ β τριώβολον […] δραχμαὶ β […] τριώβολον […]…ατων […] δραχμαὶ η […] ὀβολοὶ δ […]…ου η σάκκου [……