Account, Roman
(A) of grain
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 981677
Account of wheat in artabas by village TM 981677Roman
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Fragment of a Roman-period account of grain (wheat) listing large quantities in artabas against the names of villages or localities, apparently in Egypt's Delta region.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…]
Sen[…] 946 1/2
N[…] 4263
Ieme[…] […]596 1/2 48(?)
of Tanis, artabas 3,6[…]4
Petne, artabas 4,060
of Istros, wheat, artabas 2,537 1/2
Toka, (wheat) artabas 2,994 1/4
Peennô, artabas 6,394 1/2
P[…]eôs, artabas […]
[…]
The entries appear to be place names (e.g. Tanis, Istros, Toka, Peennô) rather than persons, with totals running to thousands of artabas. The artaba was the standard Egyptian dry measure for grain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account, Roman). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
basp.59.142
[… ? lines lost …] …[…] Σεν[…] ϡμϛ 𐅵 Ν[…] Δσξγ Ἰεμη […]…φϛ 𐅵 μη Τάνεως ἀρτάβαι Γχ…δ Πετνη ἀρτάβαι Δξ Ἴστρου πυροῦ ἀρτάβαι Βφλζ 𐅵 Τοκα πυροῦ ἀρτάβαι Βϡϙδ δ Πεεννω ἀρτάβαι Ϛτϙδ 𐅵 Π…[…]…εως ἀρτάβαι …[…]… [… ? lines lost …]