One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29982

Account of wheat payments by individuals TM 29982unbekanntII - III

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A short ostracon account listing several men, mostly with Egyptian names, and the quantities of wheat credited to or paid by each. One payment was made through an intermediary, Psentkerebis.

In English machine translation

Pikos son of Neilos, grandson of Pikos: wheat 12 Horos son of Pamonthes, through Psentkerebis: wheat 1 1/2 1/12 […]: wheat 1 1/3 1/8 Petechonsis son of Pamonthes: wheat 1 1/8 Toth… Pach…: wheat 4

The unit is not written, but the amounts are probably artabas. The figure in line 1 could also be read as the fraction 1/12, and the figure in line 5 as 1/4.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Grain). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

o.leid.278

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

Πικῶς Νίλου Πικῶτος πυροῦ ιβ Ὧρος Παμώνθου διὰ Ψεντκερήβιος πυροῦ α 𐅵 ιβ πυροῦ α γ η Πετεχῶνσις Παμώνθου πυροῦ α η Τοθ… Παχ … πυροῦ δ