Fragment of a letter
A private letter. The fragmentary condition does not allow us to make out its exact content
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 28523
Fragment of a list of donkeys TM 28523UnknownIInd century A.D.
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 4 records across 3 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
A fragment of a list recording numbers of donkeys, one or two per entry, with one entry of 24 artabas of wheat. It dates to the 2nd century AD; its place of origin is unknown.
In English machine translation
[…] donkey(?) […]
[…] donkey 1
[…] donkey 1
[…] donkey 1
[…] 24 artabas of wheat
Diakle(?) 2 donkeys
[…] 2 donkeys
[…] donkey 1
[…] donkey 1
One catalogue record describes this item as a fragment of a private letter, but the surviving text is a list of donkeys and wheat. The word 'diakle' at the start of one line is unclear, possibly an abbreviated name.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of a List of Donkeys). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Fragment of a list of donkeys
A list of donkeys and some amounts in artabai
p.corn.27
[…] ὄν[…] […]ὄνος α […] ὄνος α […] ὄνος α […] πυροῦ ἀρτάβαι κ δ διακλη ὄνοι β […] ὄνοι β […]ὄνος α […]ὄνος α