Account of deliveries in kind
Account of food
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42651
Account of food supplies for Thoth TM 42651probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIInd century/Ist century B.C.
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A short ostracon account of food items for the month of Thoth: wine, bread, oil, meat and barley, with their quantities. It probably comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome and dates to the 2nd or 1st century BC.
In English machine translation
Thoth
of wine, 1 jar
of bread, 20
of oil, 2 kotylai
of meat, 1 mina
of barley, 2 minas
The abbreviation μ(ναῖ) for barley could also be read as a different measure, since barley is usually measured by volume rather than weight. The kotyle is a small liquid measure.
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 deliveries in kind). 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.2.775
Θώθ οἴνου κεράμιον ἕν ἄρτου εἴκοσι ἐλαίου κοτύλαι δύο κρέως μνᾶ μία κριθῆς μναῖ δύο