Petrie, William M. Flinders: Illahun, Kahun and Gurob: 1889 - 1890 (London, 1891)

THE GREEK PAPYRI.

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from H6ros the son of Nekhtheneibis the half of

5 dr., 2i ;
from the collection made by Solois the half of
4 dr., 2 ;
the 7th day, from the collection made by Orsenouphis
the half of 15 dr., J\;
from the collection made by Sokeus the half of

12 dr., 6;
from Hdros the son of Khestdytds the half of

ii dr., Si;
from the collection made by Paeis the half of

16 dr., 8 ;
from Tekhesyeus the half of 14 dr., 7 ;
the 8th day, from H&ros the son of Nekhtheneibis
the half of 14 dr., 7 ;
from the collection made by Kalatytis the half of

18 dr., 13 dr. 5 ob. (sic);
from the collection made by Paleuis the half of

10 dr., 5 ;
from Petoseiris, the half of 10 dr., 5^ (?);
from the collection made by Solois the half of

16 dr., 8;
from H6ros the son of Inards the half of 8 dr., 4 ;
the 9th day, from Hdros the son of Nekhtheneibis the
half of 11 dr., £$.;
from the collection made by Komoapis the half

of 12 dr., 9 (sic);
from the collection made by Kalatytis the half

of 9 dr. 5 obols, 7 dr. 2 obols (sic) ;
from Orsenouphis the half of 5 dr., 2\ ;
the 10th day, from Hdros the son of Nekhtheneibis
the half of 2 dr. 2 obols, 1 dr. 1 ob."
73. Among the most curious of the papyri are
three receipts from a certain Kephaldn a charioteer,
written in a somewhat illegible cursive hand. They
run thus (F. 81) : "The 21st year, the 24th day of
Tybi, Kephaldn the charioteer acknowledges the
receipt from Kharmas the son of Asklepiades [and
... ]los the son of Ar[mai]os at the harbour in Ptole-
mais, according to the order of ArteutSs the overseer
of the district, for 5 chariots that have followed him
5 mince (P)1 and for 3 horses to run together 3
mince (P)1; for himself and 7 charioteers, to each of
pure bread a quarter of a khcenix,2 in all 2 khcenikes ;
of oil to each 4- of a kotyle, in all 2 kotylce, of wine to
each 4 kotylce, in all 2 khcenikes 8 kotylce; and for 13
grooms, of salted bread to each 2 khcenikes, in all 26

1 The interpretation of the symbol is purely conjectural. It looks
like a compound of ir and 1.

2 The symbol for "quarter" has been written in the wrong
place.

khcenikes, of oil to each i of a kotyle, in all 1 kotyle and
|; and for a . . . porker, and for a lame (?) horse
handed over (to be cured), for the oil 3 kotylce, (and)
the wine 3 kotylce; and for singeing, for the candles of
castor oil 9 kotylceP The second receipt (F. 82) is
injured at the commencement. "The 21st year, the
3rd of Mekhir until the 24th of Tybi or the 3rd of
Epeiphi, Kephal6n the charioteer for two chariots and
for horses and for 10 grooms. The 21st year the 3rd
of [Mekhir, Kephaldn] the charioteer [acknowledges]
the receipt from Kharmas the [son of Asklepiades
and . . . los the son of Armaijos in [Ptolemais at the
harbour, for chariots and] two [charioteers] that were
left to . . . from the 26th of Tybi to the 3rd of Mekhir,
to each (charioteer) per diem of loaves of fine wheat
flour ii khcenix, in all 3 kficenikes; of wine 4 kotylce,
in all 8 kotylce; of oil a quarter of a kotyU, in all \ of
a kotyle; and on the 9th day, of bread 7 khcenikes, of
wine 3 khoes, of oil 4-i- kotylce; and for four grooms,
to each of salted bread 2 khoenikes, in all 8 khcenikes ;
of oil, to each \ of a kotyM, in all half a kotyli; and on
the 9th day of bread i-f- khoenikes, of oil \~ kotylce;
and for a lame (?) horse handed over (to be cured)
and phlebotomised, from the 26th to the 30th of
Tybi, per diem of wine ii kotylce, of oil \\ kotylce ;
and on the 5th day of oil 7-i kotylce, of wine j\ kotylce;
and for singeing, per diem of castor-oil J\ (?) kotylce,
(and if) he should give any trouble, from the 30th of
Mekhir to the 3rd (of Phamenoth) per diem of oil
1 kotyle, in all 3 kotylce, of wine 1 kotyle, in all 3 kotylce,
and for [the horses] that are present. . . ."

Only the last lines of the 3rd receipt remain
(F. 81) : "... a porker and ... to the 5 chariots
3 mince (?) and an extra horse 1 silver drachma.
Sixteen horses: to each for fodder 8 bundles of grass,
in all 128 bundles per diem ; and from the 1st of
Mekhir to the 3rd 384 bundles, and for the 5 chariots
that were present on the 3rd 2 mince (?) (and) the
3 horses to run together 3 mince (?) ; for all the
horses, 19 in number, for each, of fodder 152 bundles
of grass, and on the 4th day ... for fodder 280 bundles
of grass."

To this is attached the following receipt: " Kepha-
ldn the charioteer acknowledges the receipt from
Kharmas the steward of the fodder and what is
necessary for the carriages in the house and for the
grooms, as well as of what has been stated in the
contract."

We have another receipt given to the same Kharmas
(G. 112) which reads: "Hdros acknowledges the
receipt from Kharmas of necessaries according to the

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