One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 89160

Fragment of an account mentioning camels and wheat TM 89160This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.After A.D. 54/55 (?)

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A small fragment of an account on an ostracon found in a Roman rubbish dump at Berenike on the Red Sea coast. It mentions the price of six camels and 25 artabas of wheat. It probably dates after AD 54/55.

In English machine translation

[…] who also became (?) […] […] the price of 6 camels, 3 (?). […] … of wheat, 25 artabas […] […] … […]

The letter Γ after the camel count may be a numeral (3) or an abbreviation; its meaning is uncertain.

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.

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Account

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · Inv. BE00 1282-uu-134, 33.008 · After A.D. 54/55 (?) · This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.

Account

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o.berenike.2.134

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · After A.D. 54/55 (?) · This document was discovered in a Roman dump at Berenike.

[…]ε ὁ καὶ γεναμεν α […] τὴν τιμὴν καμήλων ϛ Γ. […]… πυροῦ ἀρτάβας κε […] […]δι… …[…]