Fragments of an inventory and account, apparently kept by a guardian, listing gold jewellery, garments, bronze vessels, iron and wooden furniture from a house, and expenses for minor children such as bread, oil, clothing and sandals. It dates to the mid-3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
[Fragment A]
[Column 1]
[...]
[...] from Pharmouthi [...]
[...] service of the prefect
[...] part of a house, 48 drachmas
[...] of gold items, item by item:
[...] a pair of rope-twisted bracelets set with stones
[...] of the common [...], valued at a mina-weight.
[...] total 2 1/2 mina-weights
[...] another pair of rope-twisted bracelets without
stones; and from another one mina-weight
[...] and a half less two quarters, total 1 1/2 mina-weights less 2 quarters
[...] less the first mina-weight
[...] one quarter, total 1 1/4 mina-weights
[Column 2]
[...]
a melon-coloured small dalmatic with a mantle [...] [...]8 drachmas
another, natural-coloured, freshly fulled, [...] 148 drachmas
another dalmatic-mantle, natural-coloured, freshly fulled, 200 drachmas
another small dalmatic, natural-coloured, freshly fulled, 160 drachmas
another similar, natural-coloured, freshly fulled, [...] 140 drachmas
a mantle, natural-coloured, moth-eaten, 40 drachmas
Bronze vessels likewise:
3 small utensils, of 5(?) minas [...]
3 small urine pots(?), worn, useless [...]
2 old cauldrons, useless, of [...] minas [...]
2 other larger cauldrons, of [...] minas [...]
[Column 3]
an iron balance [...]
a broad scraper(?) [...]
new iron anchors [...]
[...] of 19 minas, the share [...]
Wooden items likewise, of those [...]
found in their house, [...]
item by item:
Egyptian willow couches [...]
a middle chest(?) [...]
a bench [...]
a barber's table [...]
stools [...]
an old measure [...]
[Fragment B]
[Column 4]
[...]
[...] women's [...]
[...] apart from the valuation of the goods, 1 talent 576 drachmas
[...] I had for use and wear of the children:
[...] a white cloak, worn
[...] a scarlet small blanket, freshly fulled
[...] a small rug, half-worn
[...] of expenditure likewise:
[...] 2 artabas of wheat for bread-making for the months
[...] Mesore and Thoth, [...] drachmas
[...] of expenditure for bread-making at 4 drachmas per artaba, 8 drachmas
[...] of radish oil, the litra, a chous, four [...] 32 drachmas
[...] of the expense for the month 16 drachmas, 32 drachmas
[...] price of materials for [...] clothed(?)
[...] of the minors and the weaving of it [...]
[...] price of purple [...]
[...] of the materials for a tunic for [...] brother [...]
and the weaving of it and price of purple [...]
for bread-making for the same, for the period from Phaophi [...]
[...]
price of sandals [...]
of radish oil [...]
[...]
wage for washing and [...]
placed above [...]
the private property of the sick woman [...]
for redeeming blankets [...]
price [...]
The references to minors (aphelikes) and children's expenses suggest a guardianship account. 'Mina-weight' renders mnaiaion, a unit of gold weight.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragments containing an inventory of goods). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.