o.trim.2.826
[concave] ἀλόης οὐγκία α τάλαντα Αχ σανταράκης οὐγκίαι β τάλαντα υ ἀρσενικοῦ οὐγκίαι β τάλαντα φ ὀπιομήκωνος οὐγκία α τἀλαντα Αφ τιμῆς πορφύρας τάλαντα Ϛχ γίνονται ταλάντων μυριάδες γ Ζχ [convex] ἀποβαλσάμου … [… 6 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 372444
Account of ingredients with prices TM 372444Trimithis (Oasis Magna)
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An ostracon account listing small quantities of drug and pigment ingredients (aloe, sandarach, arsenic, opium, purple) with their prices in talents, followed by a total. It comes from Trimithis in the Great Oasis (Dakhla).
In English machine translation
[concave]
Of aloe, 1 ounce: 1,600 talents
Of sandarach (realgar), 2 ounces: 400 talents
Of arsenic (orpiment), 2 ounces: 500 talents
Of opium poppy (juice), 1 ounce: 1,500 talents
For the price of purple: 6,600 talents
Total: 3 myriads 7,600 talents
[convex]
Of opobalsam […]
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The listed items add up to 10,600 talents, not the total of 37,600; the total likely includes items not preserved or the figures are uncertain. Sandarach and arsenikon are the red and yellow arsenic sulphides used in medicine and as pigments.
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 ingredients with prices). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.