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List of goods left at Hermopolis by Charmos with Apollodotos TM 725Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)About 13th May, 257 B.C.

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An inventory of goods, including nard, frankincense, myrrh, saffron, purple dye and textiles, left behind at Hermopolis after being handed over by Charmos, a commercial agent of Apollonios and Zenon, to Apollodotos. It was drawn up on 14 May 257 BC during a voyage from Memphis to Alexandria.

In English machine translation

[recto, column 1] Year 29, Xandikos 11, at Hermopolis. We have left behind the following, which Charmos has handed over to Apollodotos. In a chest (?): 5 sealed little bags of nard and 1 sealed small sack 1 sealed small sack of gazelle skins (?) purple, in one pillow (?) 1 embroidered rug (?) 3 embroidered half-rugs (?) 2 white rugs (?) 4 red ones not of sealed frankincense not 3 bags not and 1 little bag of myrrh, sealed 3 little bags 1 sack of gazelle knucklebones [recto, column 2] 1 sealed small sack of purple 1 sealed small sack of saffron [verso] [deleted] […] the things left behind […]

The object belongs to the Zenon archive, found at Philadelphia, but the list was written at Hermopolis. The meaning of thibis (chest or basket), kiria (rugs or mats) and dorkadeon (gazelle skins) is uncertain; the repeated "not" seems to mark items not left behind.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of articles). 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 — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · JE48517 · About 13th May, 257 B.C. · Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)

This list was drawn up at Hermopolis on the voyage down from Memphis to Alexandria. The heading says, we have left behind the following articles which Charmos has handed over to Apollodotos. Charmos is well-known as a commercial agent of Apollonios and Zenon.

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p.cair.zen.1.59069

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 14. Mai 257 v.Chr. · Hermopolis

[r,1] ἔτους κθ, Ξανδικοῦ ια, ἐν Ἑρμοῦ πόλει. ἀπολελοίπαμεν ἃ παραδέδωκεν Χάρμος Ἀπολλοδότωι. ἐν θίβει νάρδου μαρσίππια ἐσφραγισμένα ε καὶ θυλάκιον ἐσφραγισμένον α δορκαδέων θυλάκιον ἐσφραγισμένον α πορφύρα ἐν προσκεφαλαίωι ἑνί κιρία ποικίλη α ἡμικίρια ποικίλα γ κιρίαι λευκαὶ β φο…