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Account of labour costs for brick construction on the estate of Methysion TM 28075ArsinoitesII

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An account of wages paid to builders, labourers, brick-carriers, mud-carriers and donkey-drivers working on a construction project at the estate of Methysion. It comes from the Arsinoite nome in the 2nd century AD and ends with a total of 123 drachmas 4 obols.

In English machine translation

3 workmen as assistants to the builders themselves, 6 drachmas 3 workmen with 4 donkeys of the estate (?) and 1 donkey-driver carrying bricks from the kiln to the building of the water-channel (?) of the estate of Methysion, 2 drachmas […] carrying mud for them, … drachmas […] carrying bricks, … drachmas […] 3 builders likewise, […] drachmas [3 workmen] as assistants to the builders themselves, […] drachmas […] carrying mud for them, […] drachmas […] carrying bricks for the builders, … drachmas [Workmen] […] with 3 donkeys of the estate (?) and 1 donkey-driver carrying bricks from the kiln, estate […] […] of the estate of Methysion, […] drachmas 2 workmen with 3 donkeys of the estate (?) and 1 donkey-driver carrying bricks to the former water-channel (?) of the estate of Methysion, for 2 days … 4 workmen, 6 drachmas 123 (drachmas) 4 obols

The word eisagogos, here rendered 'water-channel (?)', is uncertain in meaning and may refer to an inlet or entrance structure. 'Kyriakoi' donkeys are probably those belonging to the estate owner.

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.

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bgu.3.699

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

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