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Inventory of household furnishings TM 27403ThebenII - III

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An inventory of household furniture and fittings, listing couches, footstools, a bench, chairs, pictures, a bed and a cupboard, noting which items are inside or outside. It comes from Thebes and dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

Account of furnishings: 1 bedroom couch (?) 2 footstools 1 bench 2 barber's chairs (?), one inside 3 elbow-rests (armchairs?), two outside 4 pictures Inside: 1 bed 1 cupboard 1 small cellar-jar (?) […] kneading-trough(s) (?) […] […]

Several furniture terms (koitonike, kourikoi, ankones, kelaridin) are rare and their exact meanings are uncertain; the end 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 (catalogued as List of Household Items). 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 · II - III · Theben

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