o.eleph.wagner.344
[…] σίτου ἀρταβ- θ […] σίτου ἀρταβ- ζ 𐅵 […] σίτου ἀρταβ- β 𐅵 […]σίτου ἀρταβ- ζ 𐅵 [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29881
Account of wheat in artabas TM 29881ElephantineII
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A fragmentary ostracon from Elephantine listing quantities of wheat in artabas, the names or entries before each amount being lost. It is an account of grain from the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] 9 artabas of wheat
[…] 7 1/2 artabas of wheat
[…] 2 1/2 artabas of wheat
[…] [artabas of wheat] 7 1/2
[… ? lines lost …]
The artaba was the standard Egyptian dry measure for grain. The start of every line is lost, so it is unknown to whom or for what the amounts were recorded.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Compte de blé). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.