P. Cairo Zen. 1 59004r, col. 1

• 1 (The Account) of Flour
• 2 In Strato’s Tower: 5 artabas
• 3 In Jerusalem: 6
• 4 In Jericho: 5
• 5 In Abella: 3
• 6 In Sourabitta: 9 artabas
• 7 In Lakasa: 4
• 8 In Noe: 10
• 9 In Heit: 7
• 10 In Baitanata: 14
• 11 In Kudisos: 2
• 12 In Ptolemais: 4
• 13 In total, 79 artabas, which corresponds to 59¼ artabas when recalculated according to the artaba containing 40 choinikes (the ¾-artaba).

Transl. by Marek Dospěl

FLOURAL NOTES. Written in 259 B.C.E., this papyrus document (P. Cairo Zen. 1 59004) was found in the archive of personal and business papers of a Ptolemaic bureaucrat Zenon in his hometown of Philadelphia in the Fayum Oasis, Egypt. It is an account of flour used by Zenon during his business trip in Palestine. The first, left column of this front page lists 11 towns in which Zenon obtained flour. The second column, as well as the two columns on the reverse page, provide an account of flour quantities given to bakers to make bread.