Account of wool
Account of quantities of wool
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42019
Account of wool contributed by individuals TM 42019probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D.
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An ostracon listing quantities of wool in pounds against the names of individuals or pairs of people, probably contributors or deliverers. It dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD and probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
Wool:
Atisios son of Panas, 50 pounds
and Heres, 50 pounds
Abok son of Gemellus, 50 pounds
Panesates, 25 pounds
Dioskoros, 25 pounds
Satabous, 25 pounds
Achillas and Sabinus, 25 pounds
Papeeis and Padeukes, 25 pounds
Melas and Thikok, 25 pounds
Doulos and Macrinus, 25 pounds
The pound (litra) was the Roman pound of about 327 g. The list does not say whether the wool was delivered, owed or received.
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 wool). 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.mich.1.255
ἐρέα· Ἀτίσιος Πανᾶτος λίτραι ν καὶ Ἥρης λίτραι ν Ἀβὸκ Γεμέλλου λίτραι ν Πανεσάτης λίτραι κε Διόσκορος λίτραι κε Σαταβοῦς λίτραι κε Ἀχιλλᾶς καὶ Σαβεῖνος λίτραι κε Παπέεις καὶ Παδεύκης λίτραι κε Μέλας καὶ Θικοκ λίτραι κε Δοῦλος καὶ Μακρῖνος λίτραι κε