p.cair.zen;2;59176

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Translation (Model: gpt-6-luna, Batch ID: 277)

Greek transcription and English translation

Transcription notes

The document is written in Koine Greek. The Greek text in the prompt is already a machine-readable transcription, though its line breaks and several word divisions appear to reflect the layout or OCR rather than continuous Greek. I have not repeated the full transcription here. No Latin text is identifiable.

The translation below is a working rendering of the account. Because the columns have been flattened and some readings are damaged or uncertain, I group repeated ledger entries and retain Greek names of months and monetary units where a confident English equivalent is not possible.

English translation

Receipts and opening balance

[For] the same account, in copper: the amount spent exceeds the amount available. Receipts from the market-sellers for cucumbers: 2 drachmas. From Nikanor, from the bathhouse: 4 drachmas. [Further receipts] from the market-sellers for cucumbers: 2 drachmas; from Nikanor, from the bathhouse: 2 drachmas and 1 obol; and from the market-sellers for cucumbers: 2 drachmas. Total: 6 drachmas and 1 obol. Of this, the amount overspent was 1 drachma.

Building work, bricks, and labor

To Harmai, the builder, for bringing in three [loads or measures] of brick: 4 silver drachmas. Total in copper: 4 drachmas.

To Horos, the quarryman, for six laborers clearing out the Isieion at the White [place]. To Zopyrion, the man bringing straw to the brickmakers and the animals, for one laborer working with him: 1 obol. To Timarchos: 1 obol. Total: 6 drachmas, 3½ obols, and ¼ [obol]. The amount overspent: 2½ obols and ¼ [obol].

To workers who gathered the flax waste from the courtyard into one corner: 1 obol. To Theopompos, for tamarisk wood, for the carts carrying bundles to the threshing floors: 1 obol. To Herieus, the quarryman, for beer, charged to the amount held by Styrax; and to Komoapis, the vine-grower, so that he might have his wages for Pharmouthi. To Andronikos, son of Midas, for shearing the goats for two days: 2 obols. To Zopyrion, the mule-driver, for one laborer bringing straw to the brickmakers and animals: 1 obol.

Account for the beer-tax and related expenses

Of the Egyptians’ account, [entry] 10: for the tax of the brewery. From Styrax for Pachons; from the market-sellers for cucumbers: 2 drachmas; and [a damaged entry concerning] wood and kikis. Total in copper: 22 drachmas. The amount overspent was 2½ obols and ¼ [obol].

To the beer-sellers, for the beer Styrax reported delivering to the breweries: one jar. To the workers who carried the flax waste from the courtyard to one corner: 1 obol. To Theopompos, for tamarisk wood for the carts taking bundles to the threshing floors: 1 obol. To Herieus, the quarryman, for beer charged to Styrax; [the following words about accounting for it are unclear].

To Komoapis, the vine-grower, so that he might have his wages for Pharmouthi; to Andronikos, son of Midas, for shearing the goats for two days: 2 obols. To Zopyrion, the mule-driver, for a laborer bringing straw to the brickmakers and animals: 1 obol. Total: 15 drachmas, 2½ obols, and ¼ [obol]. Balance: 6 drachmas, 3¼ obols.

Bridge foundations and stonecutters

Of the Egyptians’ account, [entry] 11: 6 drachmas and 3¼ obols carried forward. From Krotos, from the funds that Ephesos brought from Crocodilopolis; from Python the banker, in copper: 49 drachmas and [an additional] rejected or unaccepted amount of 51 drachmas; from the market-sellers for cucumbers: 2 drachmas. Total: 57 drachmas and 3¼ obols.

From this, to Pachon, Paapi, Pai, Apynchis, and Asynchis, the stonecutters working the stones for the bridge foundation, the balance of the wages due to them for Artemisios and Pachons: 4 drachmas each, 16 drachmas altogether. To Teos, his wages for Pachons: 5 drachmas. To Haromphos, for 22 days, from the 8th to the 30th: 1 obol per day, 3 drachmas and 4 obols altogether.

To Timarchos for meat: 1 obol. To Petosiris for the thirteen workers making the bridge foundation on the 8th of Pachons: 1 obol each, 2 drachmas and 1 obol altogether. To two boys: 1 obol; to six other workers on the 9th: 1 obol each, 1 drachma. To three other workers on the 10th: 3 obols; to two boys: 1 obol; to two other boys: 1 obol. On the 11th, to Horos and Tongoutis, the quarrymen, their wages for Pachons: 16 drachmas.

Wine: one measure, 2 drachmas. Total recorded: 47 drachmas [and a further balance of 57 drachmas is also entered in the damaged account]. The remaining balance is 10 drachmas and 3¼ obols.

Of the Egyptians’ account, [entries] 12–14: receipts from the market-sellers for cucumbers, 2 drachmas at each entry; from the same source, 2 drachmas; and from Petesis and his associates, 2 drachmas. Total: 18 drachmas and 3¼ obols.

From this, to twelve workers who served the stonecutters making the bridge, 1 obol each: 1 drachma. For four days’ provisions, three cotylae of wine received by Ephesos: 3 obols, making 1 drachma and 4 obols. To Pammenes, the mule-driver from Krotos, who was carrying grain: 1 obol. To Sostratos, Aineas, Pausanias, Zoilos, Apollonios, and Horos—the six who served the stonecutters working on the bridge foundation—1 obol each: 1 drachma. To two boys draining water from the bridge foundation for two days: 2 obols; total, 1 drachma.

Further bridge and quarry expenses

To Patrokles, to carry [something] to Panakestor, as requested in his letter, for ropes: 2 drachmas. To a worker helping Zopyrion bring straw to the brickmakers: ½ obol and ¼ [obol]. To Pammenes, the mule-driver from Krotos, carrying grain: 1 obol. Total: 2 drachmas, 1½ obols, and ¼ [obol]. The same account then records a balance of 5 drachmas and 2½ obols [with the fractions damaged].

Receipts from the market-sellers for cucumbers are repeatedly entered as 2 drachmas. There are also receipts from Archenikos, from the [uncertainly read] “stibike,” for Pachons: 12 drachmas. Further receipts from the market-sellers: 2 drachmas each. A subtotal of 33 [drachmas] is recorded.

Payments include Pammenes, the mule-driver from Krotos, carrying grain: 1 obol; a worker helping Zopyrion bring straw to the brickmakers: ½ obol and ¼ [obol]; six workers serving at the bridge, 1 obol each: 1 drachma; and two boys, ½ obol each. Timarchos received money for meat for two days: 2 obols. Further payments are made to workers serving the stonecutters at the bridge, to Pammenes, and to a worker carrying straw to the brickmakers.

To Dionysios of Memphis, for the price of peach pits for the young plants: half an artaba, 1 drachma. To Demetrios, Sostratos, and Andronikos, who served the stonecutters building the bridge, their wages for the second half-month of Pachons: 3 obols each, 1 drachma total. Pammenes, the mule-driver from Krotos, carrying grain: 1 obol. Total: 3 drachmas, 5½ obols, and ¼ [obol].

To four workers serving the stonecutters at the bridge: 1 obol each, 4 obols. To Paapi, the brickmaker, for five [units] of brick, silver: 8 drachmas; the equivalent copper amount is also entered. To Patrokles, to buy one mina of [uncertain material] for hauling the boats at Taptia: 3 obols; and for frankincense: 1 obol. Total: 9 drachmas and 5 obols.

Later entries: provisions, wages, and materials

The account continues with balances in copper and repeated receipts of 2 drachmas from the cucumber-sellers. Ephesos is allotted 9 drachmas and 4½ obols for an expense at Crocodilopolis. To Musaios, the cook, for firewood for fifteen days, ¼ [unit] per day, altogether 3½ obols and ¼ [obol]. To Krotos, for relish: 1 obol. Five workers serving the stonecutters building the bridge receive 1 obol each. A subtotal of 11 drachmas and 2¼ obols is recorded; the balance is 7 drachmas.

Further receipts include 28 drachmas from Styrax for the tax of the beer-shop. Total: 37 drachmas and ½ obol. Wine for the midday meal and dinner: 4 obols. Pammenes, the mule-driver from Krotos, carrying grain from the threshing floors: 1 obol. Zopyrion’s helper, bringing straw to the brickmakers: ½ obol and ¼ [obol]. To Horos, the quarryman, for four workers carrying earth out of the quarry through Styrax the brewer: 4 obols.

To Sisinnes and Kymaios, quarrymen, their wages for Pharmouthi: 2 drachmas and 3 obols each, 5 drachmas altogether. A barber is charged against this account: 1 obol. Balance: 4 drachmas and 5 obols. Ptolemaios, assistant to Herakleides at the twenty-aroura garden, receives wages for Pharmouthi and Pachons: 5 drachmas, less a barber’s charge of 1 obol. Further wages are recorded for the assistants of Andous, Inaros, Harmai, and others; several names and amounts in this section are too damaged to assign securely.

Expenses also include washing charges for garments belonging to Hierokles, Rhodia, Philiadas, Taxios, Krotos, and Kyanos; the exact amounts are partly unclear. Pammenes, the mule-driver from Krotos, receives 1 obol. Five workers serving the stonecutters at the bridge receive 1 obol each. To Ammonios, the baker, for firewood: 3 obols. To Zopyrion’s helper, bringing straw to the brickmakers: ½ obol and ¼ [obol]. Total: 2 drachmas and 2¼ obols.

From Pasitos, for the price of the olyra grain measured at Kerkes: 8 silver drachmas. From the market-sellers for cucumbers: 2 drachmas. The account gives totals in silver and copper separately. From these funds, Horos the quarryman receives money for two baskets used to remove earth from the pit, at ½ obol and ¼ [obol] each; another worker is also paid. Four workers serving the stonecutters at the bridge receive 1 obol each.

Final entries

Four carters from Moithymis receive wages for Artemisios and Pachons: 1 drachma each, 4 drachmas altogether. A worker bringing straw to the brickmakers receives ½ obol and ¼ [obol]. The remaining balances are recorded separately in silver and copper.

Further entries list workers serving the stonecutters who are building the bridge; Ephesos, for one cotyle of wine; Pammenes, the mule-driver making bricks, for two days; and a worker bringing straw to the brickmakers. Receipts from the market-sellers for cucumbers continue. Other receipts include wool from Harnoùphis the weaver and from Stotoetis, as well as rent from Archenikos. The total recorded is 24 drachmas and 3¼ obols.

Timarchos, who came from Alexandria to work on the stones from the 19th to the 26th, receives wages for eight days at 1 obol per day: 1 drachma and 2 obols. Demetrios, Sostratos, and Andronikos, working at the bridge foundation, receive their wages for Pachons: 3 drachmas. Pammenes, the mule-driver from Krotos carrying grain, receives payment for the period from the 4th to the 28th. The remaining entries record further receipts from the cucumber-sellers and payments to carters who came from Ptolemaios at Akathos.

The final heading reads: “Daily account, year 31.”

Notes on uncertain readings

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