o.eleph.wagner.107
[… 1 line lost …] ἀρτάβης 𐅵 ἀρτάβης ϛ ἀρτάβης δ ἀρτάβης δ μάτια ϛ μάτια γ 𐅵 ἀρτάβης 𐅵 ἀρτάβης 𐅵 ἀρτάβης 𐅵 ἀρταβ- β παρὰ δ μάτια ἀρταβ- β παρὰ μάτια β
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Account of quantities in artabas and matia TM 29844ElephantineII - III
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A short ostracon account listing quantities of grain or other dry goods in artabas and matia, without names or commodities preserved. It comes from Elephantine and dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
[…]
1/2 artaba
1/6 artaba
1/4 artaba
1/4 artaba
6 matia
3 1/2 matia
1/2 artaba
1/2 artaba
1/2 artaba
2 artabas less 4 matia
2 artabas less 2 matia
The mation is a small dry measure, a fraction of the artaba. The Greek numeral signs here are read as fractions (1/6, 1/4) where written after the artaba sign, though they could also be whole numbers.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Compte d’artabes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.