Account
An account of the quantities of bran given out for the use of mules, camels and donkeys in Palestine, in the autumn of a certain year, probably 259 B.C.
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Account of chaff for mules, camels and donkeys in Palestine TM 669Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)About 259 B.C.
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An account of chaff rations issued for mules, pack animals, camels and donkeys over the months Gorpiaios and Hyperberetaios, with notes on disputed deliveries from Milkias handled by Agathon and the movements of Hagnothemis to Aurana. It belongs to the Zenon archive and relates to Zenon's journey in Palestine around 259 BC; the back gives a summary balance of receipts and expenditure.
In English machine translation
[column 1]
[…] of […]rokles,
[…]
[…]
[…] 12,
[…]
[…]
[…] per day,
[…]
[column 2]
per day sometimes 4 choinikes, sometimes 3 choinikes, the muleteers to receive in turn;
and of the chaff received he has obtained an order
from the new moon of Gorpiaios until Hyperberetaios,
per day 12 measures, from the 1st of Gorpiaios (Hyperberetaios) until the 30th of Hyperberetaios,
30 per day,
for ⟦60⟧ 59 days
⟦12 measures of chaff⟧ total 708 measures.
Out of these he reports having spent
⟦to spend of these⟧ on yoke-mules,
yoke-mules per day […] 3 measures,
and pack animals […] 3 measures,
and camels […] 2 measures,
donkeys until the 20th of Gorpiaios per day [3] measures,
total 5[40] measures […] remainder 180.
Herakleides says he has received at Ptolemais
[…] days (?) […] total […] 27 and wandering (?)
[… lines lost …]
[column 3]
Concerning the 250 measures of chaff from Milkias,
Agathon says he has not stored them;
and he is prepared
to give you a written declaration that he has neither
given them to anyone nor sold them.
And that Hagnothemis went to Aurana
and Patrokles sent mules and two of the muleteers.
[…] written to him: from Milkias 250 measures of chaff
[…] Agathon has stored
[…] he is prepared to give a written declaration
[…] and has neither sold
[…] nor given to anyone.
It appeared that Hagnothemis had gone away to Aurana and with him mules and two muleteers.
[verso]
Receipts: 9,791 drachmas 3 obols 2 chalkoi.
Expenditure up to the oil of Alexis: 11,000 drachmas 1 obol 2 chalkoi.
Excess of expenditure: 118 drachmas 3 obols.
The months are Macedonian; 'measures' renders angeia, jars or vessels used as a dry measure. The arithmetic on the verso does not match exactly (shown as the edition gives it).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.cair.zen.1.59008
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