Account
An account of expediture for articles all of which are connected with the kitchen. Most of the items fall under the 28th of an unnamed month, but near the end entries are made for the 29th.
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Account of kitchen expenses for food and condiments TM 31387UnknownIIIrd century A.D.
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A household kitchen account from Roman Egypt listing daily expenses in drachmas and obols for foodstuffs and supplies such as fish sauce, honey, meat, vegetables, oil and malabathrum. The entries are grouped under days of an unnamed month and date to the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
26th
For an oil flask: 2 drachmas 4 obols
For morsels of bread (?): 1 drachma 3 obols
For malabathrum: […]
For fish sauce (garum): 6 drachmas
For dates (?): 1 artaba
For … (?) […]
For the same (?), likewise: […] drachmas
For radishes (?) […]
[…]
For celery […]
For meat […]
For vegetables […]
For honey: 2 drachmas 2 obols
For relish (fish): 3 drachmas 4 obols
For relish (fish): 1 drachma
For silphium (?): 5 drachmas 4 obols
For oil: 1 drachma 3 obols
29th: … 2 drachmas …
…: 8 drachmas
…: 2 drachmas 2 obols
[… lines lost …]
The heading numeral reads 26 in the edition, while the catalogue description says most items fall under the 28th, with later entries for the 29th. Several words (kapheia, raphakai-, silphikas) are abbreviated or obscure and their translations are uncertain; ὄψον means a relish or side dish, often fish.
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 Food). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
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