Account
An account of the money handled and used by a commercial agent, who had been travelling between Alexandria and the Syrian coast, visiting the towns of Sidon and Askalon.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 671
Account of a travelling agent's expenses in Syria and Alexandria TM 671Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)About 259 B.C.
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An account of money received and spent by a commercial agent in the Zenon archive who travelled between Alexandria and the Syrian-Palestinian coast, with items paid at Sidon and Askalon. It lists a loan from ship-owners and its interest, payments to Zenon and Hikesios, and purchases such as papyrus rolls, barley, camels, sacks, lamps and a slave girl, totalling 3524 drachmas. It dates to about 259 BC.
In English machine translation
[column 1]
[…] … [x] drachmas […]
[…]enos 13 drachmas
[…] you owed
[…] … […] … […] 3 drachmas 2 obols
and the loan which you received from the ship-owners, 260 (corrected to 299) drachmas 2 obols
and interest on these, 32 drachmas 3 obols
and the interest from Alexandria, 36 drachmas 3 obols
and when you were sailing to Alexandria, 420 drachmas
which (were paid) to Zenon, 60 drachmas
which (were paid) for Sidon, 60 drachmas
for figs, 1 drachma 3 obols
which (were paid) to Hikesios, 60 drachmas
[…] … 7 drachmas 3 obols
[…] … 2 drachmas 4 obols 1 chalkous, 20 (drachmas) 4 obols ⟦10 (drachmas) 4 obols⟧
[column 2]
… […]
… …
for 60 rolls of papyrus, of which Zenon (has paid?) 40 drachmas
for 10 artabas of barley at 2 drachmas 5 obols, total 28 drachmas 2 obols
another 8 drachmas, which (were spent) in Askalon
another, for camels, 24 drachmas
and for expenditure 8 drachmas, for which you have given an oath
for a Syrian rug (?), 6 drachmas 3 obols
for the slave, 112 drachmas
the (drachmas) from the purse, 8 drachmas
for sacks, 4 drachmas
for lamps, 2 drachmas
for barley-groats, 30 drachmas
for the slave girl, 20 drachmas, of which to the ship-owner 4 drachmas
⟦[…] … 24 artabas⟧
[…]minos 28 (drachmas) 2 obols
surcharge on these, 100 (corrected to) 43 drachmas 1 obol ⟦3 obols⟧
total 3524
Several figures appear with two numbers side by side, apparently corrections by the scribe. Epigenema here is a surcharge or additional charge added to the sums.
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.1.59010
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