A fragmentary account of expenses from Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome, recording costs for transporting sacks by donkey from Theogonis, purchases of lotus seed (?) at set prices per artaba, wages for a worker carrying manure, and other items. A man named Tourbon is mentioned as an agent.
In English machine translation
[1]
[Account] of expenditure […]
There were spent more […]
… through Tourbon from Thoth […]
[…] of 20 donkeys carrying sacks from Theogonis […]
[…] at the rate of 7 obols per donkey, 2 drachmas […]
[Price] of 5 artabas of lotus seed (?) at 20 drachmas per artaba, 100 drachmas
10 1/4 (?) artabas of lotus seed (?) of a similar (?) kind at 14 drachmas per artaba, 1[43] drachmas [4 obols]
[…] 1 workman carrying manure […]
… at Anoubias, of Patès, 1 drachma
[…] … drachmas […]
[…] 80
[…] 7 of the plot of B… at 8 drachmas, 56 drachmas
[…] 39 …
[2]
… […]
slaves (or boys)
The term lotinon is uncertain; it may refer to lotus seed or a lotus-derived product used as food or fodder. The reading 'μοιο' is unclear and has been taken tentatively as 'of similar kind'.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Conto). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.