Duplicate receipt
Pasis acknowledges receipt of eight drachmae for the weeding of the land which he is farming.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 777
Duplicate receipt of Pasis for payment for weeding his land TM 777Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)3rd March, 256 B.C.
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A receipt written twice on the same sheet, in which Pasis son of Paous acknowledges receiving 8 drachmas for weeding the land he farms. It dates to 3 March 256 BC and probably comes from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, from the Zenon archive.
In English machine translation
Year 29, Tybi 9. Pasis son of Paous has received for the weeding of his own land 8 drachmas.
Year 29, Tybi 9. Pasis son of Paous has received for the weeding of his own land 8 drachmas.
The text is written twice, a common practice for receipts so that one copy could be detached or kept as a record. 'Weeding' translates botanismos, the clearing of weeds from cultivated land.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Duplicate receipt). 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.1.59128
ἔτους κθ, Τῦβι θ. ἔχει Πᾶσεις Παοῦτος εἰς βοτανισμὸν τῆς αὑτοῦ γῆς δραχμὰς η. ἔτους κθ, Τῦβι θ. ἔχει Πᾶσεις Παοῦτος εἰς βοτανισμὸν τῆς αὑτοῦ γῆς δραχμὰς η.