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Account of wheat dues from cultivators listed by land and rate TM 5894unbekannt153 - 152 v.Chr. (?)

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A fragmentary Ptolemaic account of wheat in artabas, listing cultivators (many with Egyptian names, some apparently Jewish such as Sambathaios) with their land in arouras and rates per aroura or in drachmas. Totals for year 29 are given at the end. It probably dates to about 153-152 BC.

In English machine translation

[recto] 24 Wheat, 1/2 1/2 … artabas Plas son of Haratres and P… son of Harpaesis […] Total 8 2/3 1/6, artabas 8 2/3 1/6, total […] 7 1/2 1/12 Peteuris son of Mnesarchos, at 4; others 3 1/2 […] Es…is son of Harchypsis, at 4, arouras 3 1/2 1/3 1/6 1/12 […] Psenamounis son of Psenamounis, at 4, arouras 3 […] Totoes son of Hatres and P[…], at […] […] 10 1/3 […]ris 1/6 1/6 1/12 1/48 Sambathaios son of Pinas, at 4, arouras 3 1/2 1/3, total […] Pachrates son of Pitis and his brothers, at 6 drachmas […] Isakis son of Areselthes(?), at 6 drachmas … 3 1/2, total […] Isakis 4 1/2; Pachrates son of Phar… and Pseno[…] Nechoua son of K…nis and his brothers, at 6 drachmas […] […]neios 4 20 26 1/6, total […] Pausis son of Inaros 8 4; Porteis […] Pambekis son of Pr…s and Pooris son of Ps[…] arouras 11 1/2, total 63 …1 P…cho and Neteambes […] [… 1 line lost …] Total of the 29th (year) 184 […] Of the 29th (year) 450 1/2 1/3 […] of which for the 2nd(?) year 513 1/2 1/3 … [… 1 line lost …] Of the 29th … … 90 1/3 1/24 63 1 1/24 499 … [verso]

Many figures and fractions are uncertain or damaged; the meaning of 'at 4' and 'at 6 drachmas' (rates per aroura) is inferred from context.Year 29 likely refers to the reign of Ptolemy VI.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as keiner). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

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