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Petition of linen weavers and account of looms and taxes TM 703476HerakleopolitesMitte III v.Chr.

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Fragmentary petition or report from linen weavers concerning royal linen cloth (othonia), bleaching, inspection and a deduction called the 'cut-off', asking the addressee not to let them be ruined. The back carries an account of looms and drachma payments by village, including Phys and Ankyron Polis, in the Herakleopolite nome, mid-3rd century BC.

In English machine translation

[recto] [fragment a] […] […] the letter […] […] overtook them […] […] […] receives […] […] makes known (?) to the royal [officials] […] […] does not find […] nothing […] […] were given out to the linen-boilers to bleach, and […] to us […] […] but to the king he reported of the loom […] […] not having […]. Do not therefore overlook us being [ruined (?)] […] […] the cut-off is made on us in respect of the linen cloths (?) […] […] and to us of these we shall show […] […] that they receive from […] […] to him each month, of which we shall give proof. If therefore […] […] linen cloths into a boat so as to bring in […] […] if the inspector must […] […] before the […] […] [fragment b] […] […], if you wish, […] […] to receive […] […] to be spoiled and […] […] [verso] [fragment a] [column i] […] [column ii] […] [of the two cut-offs], of which […] those in charge of the cut-off […] 44 drachmas Total 308 drachmas […] 15 looms, of which […] 90 drachmas [Of the] two cut-offs, of which […] those in charge of the cut-off […] 15 drachmas Total 105 drachmas Phys: 41 looms, of which tax […] 6 [Of the] two cut-offs, of which […] those in charge of the cut-off […] 41 drachmas […] Total 41 drachmas […] looms […] […] [column iii] […] Ankyron Polis […] [of which] tax 180 drachmas […] of the two cut-offs, of which […] those in charge of the cut-off […] 30[+] drachmas Total 210 drachmas […] Total 450 looms, of which tax […] […] 6, 3 drachmas […] apart from […] and banker […] of which […] collected […] apart from […] and of the […] […] [fragment b] […] […] tax […] […] to the king […] […] […]

The 'cut-off' (ektome) seems to be a portion of cloth or charge deducted from weavers within the royal linen monopoly; the exact meaning is uncertain. 'Looms' (histeia) serves as a unit of assessment in the account.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Eingabe in Zusammenhang mit Othonion und Liste mit Abrechnungen für Gewebe in Drachmen). 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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