Account of oil
Probably a household account, concerning oil.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 965
Account of oil consumed over eighteen days TM 965Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)20th February to 8th March, 249 B.C.
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A short account noting that 2 choes and 4 kotylai of oil were used over 18 days, from Choiak 29 to Tybi 16 of year 36. It probably belongs to a household account from the Zenon archive at Philadelphia in the Fayum, 249 BC.
In English machine translation
Year 36, Choiak 29.
Of oil, 2 choes, 4 kotylai
were spent up to
Tybi [16], in 18 days.
The chous and kotyle are Greek liquid measures; a chous held 12 kotylai. The end date Tybi 16 is restored, but it agrees with the stated 18 days.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of oil). 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.3.59321
ἔτους λϛ, Χοίαχ κθ. ἐλαίου χόες β, κοτύλαι δ ἀνηλώθη ἕως Τῦβι ιϛ ἡμερῶν ιη.