References to sales of donkeys (Nikos Litinas)

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1 References to sales of donkeys (Nikos Litinas) The list below contains (and will be renewed) with any reference to sales of donkeys. The list was published in Nikos Litinas, P.Lond. III 28: Sale of a Donkey, ZPE 24 (999), pp , where bibliography and references to previous lists. Subsequently it was brought update and corrected based on older or recent publications: PSI IV 406. P.Lond. II 473 (p. 76) SB XVIII 3867, 0- P.Brux.inv. E. 796 by J. Bingen, Une vente d âne d Ibiôn Argaiou, in R. De Smet H. Melaerts C. Saerens, Studia Varia Bruxellensia ad orbem Graeco-Latinum pertinentia, IV, In honorem Aloysi Gerlo, Leuven 997, pp (= SB XXIV 674). PSI inv. 434 by Simona Russo, Ancora una vendita di Asino, as P.Bingen 6. P.NYU Inv. #75 (XVIII.47) by B. Nielsen and K.A. Worp in ZPE 33 (2000), P.NYU Inv. #38 (XVI.c58) by B. Nielsen and K.A. Worp in ZPE 36 (200), pp P.Oxy. LXIX 4746, 4748, 4749, 4750, 475, P.Ber. (in O.Ber.) II 25. P.Berl.Cohen 8 and 9. P.Sorb. III 33, 40, 2 P.Hib. I 73, 6 P.Dime III 33 and 34 P.Prag. III 246 I want to thank all the scholars who gave me further pieces of information or comments on the first list, published in ZPE 24 (999). or discussion concerning the sales of animals and donkeys in the Ptolemaic period see Joseph G. Manning, A Ptolemaic Agreement Concerning a Donkey With an Unusual Warranty Clause. The Strange Case of P.dem.Princ. (inv. 7524), Enchoria 28 (2002/2003), pp Exchange of donkeys with other animals P.Wisc. I 5 (A.D. 236), as no 59 of the list. P.Tor.Amenothes 4 (Thebes; 8 B.C.), exchange of a female donkey and a filly with a female donkey. P.Tur.Botti 8 ( B.C.; Deir el-medina), exchange of a cow and calf with a donkey. P.dem.Princ. ; see above Joseph G. Manning, A Ptolemaic Agreement Concerning a Donkey With an Unusual Warranty Clause. The Strange Case of P.dem.Princ. (inv. 7524), Enchoria 28 (2002/2003), pp. 46-6; (second half of II B.C [?].; ayyum, Philadelphia [?]), mutual agreement in exchange for performance? Philogelos, 26 Ἀβδηρίτης ὀνάριόν τινι χρεωστῶν καὶ μὴ ἔχων παρεκάλει, ἵνα ἀντ αὐτοῦ δύο ἡμιόνους παράσχῃ. Moreover, the list includes references to sales of donkeys in the Mediterranean world found in literary texts and documents other than papyri. Bibliography R. Duncan-Jones, The Economy of the Roman Empire: Quantitative Studies, Cambridge University Press, 974, p. 238n footnote 2 and p T. rank (ed.), An Economic Survey of Ancient Rome, Baltimore, MD, The Johns Hopkins Press, Vol. 5, p D. Sperber, Roman Palestine, , money and prices, Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University, 974, p. 05 D. Sperber, Cost of Living in Roman Palestine, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 8/3 (Dec., 965), pp , esp. p. 255.

2 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE LIST DATES: All dates except nos. -5 are A.D. PROVENANCE: Identifies the place where the text was found (not composed), either provided by the editors (based on the acquisition reports of the papyrus etc.) or by the text itself and its content. The places are given in transliterated Greek, except the names of the nomes (Arsinoite nome, Oxyrhynchite nome, Memphite nome, Upper Cynopolite nome) and Oxyrhynchos (which stands for the capital of the Oxyrhynchite nome) and Arsinoe (which stands for the capital of the Arsinoite nome). Also, S.N. stands for S(oknopaiou) N(esos). ORM OR KIND O DOCUMENT: Homologia and cheirographon refer to the form of the document (agreement of sale). Bank-diagraphe, abstract of a contract, grapheion-register, account, receipt, notarial protocol, register, private letter, list refer to the kind of the document. PLACE O THE CONCLUDED DOCUMENT: Identifies the place where the papyrus was composed (which is not always the same as the place of provenance), an information provided by the document itself. MP stands for Market-Place. No: Refers to the number of donkeys mentioned in the transactions. SEX: Refers to a male or female donkey. M stands for M(ale); stands for (emale); AGE: Refers to the age of the donkey as given in the documents. P stands for πωλος; 0 for αβολος; for πρωτοβολος; 2 for δευτεροβολος; 4 for τετραβολος; 5 for τελειος. PRICE: Given in dr(achmas), tal(anta) or sol(idi).

3 References to sales of donkeys no document TM number date Provenance orm or kind of document place of the concluded no sex age price sale PSI IV B.C. Philadelphia private letter/report Palaestine M? 2 P.Mich. I 34, B.C. Philadelphia petition. a donkey was lost 80 dr. and its value was 80 drachmai. 3 P.Hib. I 73, B.C. Ancyron polis / private letter M? 20 dr. Oxyrhynchite nome 4 P.Sorb. III 33, B.C. Mouchis petition to an archiphylakites 60 dr. M? P 5 P.Ent. 4, B.C. Magdôla petition to the King. a donkey 40 dr. costs 40 drachmai? 6 P.Sorb. III c. 220 B.C. Mouchis? cheirographon 40 dr. M P 7 P.Sorb. III 2, B.C. Mouchis? Petition to the King M 8 P.Inv. Sorbonne no 27a B.C. Magdôla Demotic document of sale (rançoise de Cenival, Acte de vente d une ânesse, de l ;an 9 de Ptolémée Épiphane (P.inv. Sorbonne no 27a), RdÉ 27 (975), pp. 58-6) 9 P.CtYBR inv. 3 (= SB XXIV B.C. Tebtynis homologia Tebtynis P lost 6054) 0 P.Dime III or 7 B.C. S.N. Demotic document of sale P.Dime III c. 8 7 B.C.? S.N. Demotic document of sale 2 P.Köln I B.C. Arsinoe bank-diagraphe Arsinoe M 5 40 dr. 3 Varro, r.r I B.C. Appius subridens, Quoniam ego ignoro, inquit, quid sit villa, velim me doceas, ne labar [in] imprudentia[m], quod volo emere a M. Seio in Ostiensi villam. quod si ea aedificia villae non sunt, quae asinum tuum, quem mihi quadraginta milibus emptum ostendebas aput te, non habent, metuo ne pro villa emam [Ostia] in litore Seianas aedes To which Appius replied, with a smile: "As I don't know what a villa is, I should like you to enlighten me, so that I shall not go wrong from lack of foresight; since I want to buy a villa from Marcus Seius near Ostia. or if buildings are not villas unless they contain the ass which you showed me at your place, for which you paid 40,000 sesterces, I'm afraid I shall be buying a 'Seian' house7 instead of a seaside villa (transl. by W. D. Hooper and H. B. Ash, Loeb Classical Library, 934) 4 Varro, r.r I B.C. equinam. hunc minorem si admiseris, et ipse citius senescit, et quae ex eo concipiuntur fiunt deteriora. qui non habent eum asinum, quem supposuerunt equae, et asin[ari]um admissarium habere volunt, de asinis quem amplissimum formosissimumque possunt eligunt, quique seminio natus sit bono, Arcadico, ut antiqui dicebant, ut nos experti sumus, Reatino, ubi tricenis ac quadragenis milibus admissarii aliquot venierunt. quos emimus item ut equos stipulamurque in emendo ac facimus in accipiendo idem, quod dictum est in equis If you use him at an early age, he himself tires sooner, and his offspring will be of poorer quality. Those who do not have such a jack, reared on mare's milk, but want a breeding jack, pick one as heavy and handsome as they can find and of good breed of the Arcadian breed, our ancestors used to say, but of Reatine breed, as we have found by experience; in that district several breeding asses have sold for three hundred and even four hundred thousand sesterces. In purchasing we observe the same rules as in the case of horses, and make the same stipulations in the matter of purchase and acceptance as were named in the case of horses. (transl. by W. D. Hooper and H. B. Ash, Loeb Classical Library, 934) 5 Varro, r.r I B.C. tertia pars est, quo sit seminio quaerendum. hoc nomine enim asini Arcadi<ci> in Graecia nobilitati, in Italia Reatini, usque eo ut mea memoria asinus venierit sestertiis milibus sexaginta et unae quadrigae Romae constiterint quadringentis milibus The third point of inquiry is as to the breed; it is for this reason that in Greece the asses of Arcadia are noted, and in Italy those of Reate so much so that within my recollection an ass fetched 60,000 sesterces, and one team of four at Rome sold for 400,000. (transl. by W. D. Hooper and H. B. Ash, Loeb Classical Library, 934) 6 BGU III homologia M 5

4 7 SPP XXII (BL VII, 265) S.N. homologia M P 8 P.NYU II 3, Arsinoite nome petition to the epistates of the phylakitai lost 9 BGU I Arsinoite nome homologia S.N.? (S.N.?) 20 P.Louvre I S.N. homologia S.N. M PO 2 PSI Congr. XX Tebtynis homologia Tebtynis M P0 22 P.Mich. II 2 r I iii Tebtynis abstract of a contract Tebtynis M P0 23 P.Mich. II 2 r I iv Tebtynis abstract of a contract Tebtynis M 24 P.Mich. II 2 r I vi Tebtynis abstract of a contract Tebtynis M P?]0 25 P.Mich. II 2 r I xi Tebtynis abstract of a contract Tebtynis P0 26 P.Mich. II 2 r I xiii Tebtynis abstract of a contract Tebtynis 27 P.Mich. II 2 v I 3, Tebtynis grapheion-register Tebtynis l.3 l.4 l.6 28 P.Mich. II 2 v II, Tebtynis grapheion-register Tebtynis l. 29 P.Mich. II 2 v VI 4, Tebtynis grapheion-register 30 P.Mich. II 2 v VIII 6, Tebtynis grapheion-register l.3 Tebtynis l.4 l.5 l.7 Tebtynis l.6 l.9 l.2 3 P.Mich. II 2 v XI 4, Tebtynis grapheion-register Tebtynis l.4 l.8 32 BGU II Arsinoite homologia Tebtynis M 33 P.Louvre I S.N. homologia S.N. M 34 P.Mich. II 23 r V 9, Tebtynis grapheion-register Tebtynis l.9 l.2 35 P.Mich. II 23 r VI, Tebtynis grapheion-register 36 P.Mich. II 23 r VII Tebtynis grapheion-register 37 P.Mich. II 23 r XII Tebtynis grapheion-register 38 P.Mich. II 23 r XIII Tebtynis grapheion-register 39 P.Mich. II 23 r XV Tebtynis grapheion-register 40 P.Mich. II 26, Tebtynis grapheion-register /2 Tebtynis l. l.4 Tebtynis Tebtynis Tebtynis Tebtynis Tebtynis l.7 l.9 l.0 l. l.2 4 P.Mich. V 238, r I Tebtynis grapheion-register Tebtynis 42 P.Mich. V 239, Tebtynis grapheion-register Tebtynis 43 P.Mich. inv. 97, ed. by N. early I cheirographon M? lost lost lost Litinas in ZPE 60 (2007), pp (not certain if it is a sale of a donkey or camel) 44 SB XVI Arsinoite nome (Neilou polis) homologia Neilou polis (division. of Herakleides) P0 lost P P

5 45 P.Bingen ? Tebtynis cheirographon 46 P.Ber. (in O.Ber.) II Berenike cheirographon M 60 dr. 47 P.Lond. II 282 (p.94) Arsinoite nome homologia lost 5 (S.N.?) 48 P.Gen. 23 (=M.Chr. 264) S.N.? cheirographon M 5 49 P.Stras. IV Arsinoite nome homologia Euêmeria lost M P 50 D. Sperber, Cost of Living in Roman Palestine, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 8/3 (Dec., 965), pp , esp. p. 255; D. Sperber, Roman Palestine, , money and prices, Ramat-Gan: Bar-Ilan University, 974, p. 05, text in B. Bechorot a 80-0 Palaestine P (new born) 2-4 dr. 5 Martialis Rome Centenis quod emis pueros et saepe ducenis, Quod sub rege Numa condita vina bibis, Quod constat decies tibi non spatiosa supellex, Libra quod argenti milia quinque rapit, Aurea quod fundi pretio carruca paratur, Quod pluris mula est, quam domus empta tibi: Haec animo credis magno te, Quinte, parare? alleris: haec animus, Quinte, pusillus emit. Because you purchase slaves at a hundred and often two hundred thousand sesterces; because you drink wines stored in the reign of Numa; because your not over-large stock of furniture cost you a million; because a pound weight ox wrought silver costs you five thousand; because a golden chariot becomes yours at the price of a whole farm; because your mule cost you more than the value of a house;----do you imagine that such expenses are the proof of a great mind, Quintus? You are mistaken, Quintus; they are the extravagances of a small mind. 52 BGU IV cheirographon M 5 08 dr. 53 BGU XV P 70 dr. 54 P.Oxy. XXXVIII second half of I Oxyrhynchos cheirographon M 5 <00 dr. 55 D. Sperber, Cost of Living in Roman Palestine, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 8/3 (Dec., 965), pp , esp. p. 255, text in M. Baba Kama 0.4 I-II Palestine -2 maneh = c dr. 56 Plinius, NH 8.73 I-II Rome asinum CCCC nummum emptum Q. Axio senatori auctor est M. Varro, haut scio an omnium pretio animalium victo M. Varro informs us that Quintus Axius, the senator, paid for an ass the sum of four hundred thousand sesterces (from John Bostock - H.T. Riley, The Natural History. Pliny the Elder, London. 855). 57 Plinius, NH 8.73 I-II Rome notum est in Celtiberia singulas quadringentena milia nummum enixas, mularum maxime partu It is a well-known fact, that in Celtiberia there are some sheasses which have produced to their owners as much as four hundred thousand sesterces (from John Bostock - H.T. Riley, The Natural History. Pliny the Elder, London. 855). 58 P.Mert. III I-II Arsinoite nome homologia? lost P lost

6 59 PSI I Hermou polis cheirographon Hermou polis M 306 dr. 60 P.Mich. IX Karanis homologia Kerkesoucha M P0 280 dr. 6 P.Stras. VI homologia Kerkesoucha M 270 dr. 62 BGU III Arsinoite nome copy of bank-diagraphe Arsinoe lost 63 P.Mil.Vogl. IV 22, recto xi, account 2 P 22 dr. 64 SB XVIII Tebtynis homologia Kerkesoucha M dr. 65 BGU XV ? M 00+dr. 66 P.IAO I homologia Bakchias M? lost 67 P.ay Arsinoite nome homologia Theadelpheia 56 dr. 68 P.Soter Theadelpheia homologia Theadelpheia /2 P0 60 dr. 69 P.Mich. IX Karanis cheirographon M P0 48 dr. 70 P.Grenf. II 46 (= M.Chr. 259) Arsinoite nome homologia Kerkesoucha 5 06 dr. 7 P.Aberd Arsinoite nome cheirographon 60 dr. 72 P.Ryl. II Arsinoite nome homologia Ibiôn M lost Eikosipentarourôn 73 SB VI Theadelpheia homologia Theadelpheia M PO 364 dr. 74 P.Louvre I S.N. homologa Heliou polis? M dr. 75 P.Meyer Arsinoite nome homologia Philopator Apias M 340 dr. 76 P.Basel bank-diagraphe Arsinoe M 5 48 dr. 77 SPP XXII S.N. homologia Philopator Theag. 244 dr 78 P.Münch. III Arsinoe bank-diagraphe Arsinoe? M 5 84 dr. 79 P.Lond. II 303 (p.95) (= M.Chr Arsinoite nome homologia Herakleia M 5 48 dr. 60) 80 P.Lond. II 466 (p.96) Arsinoite nome homologia Kerkesoucha 60 dr. 8 CPR VI homologia Kerkesoucha 5 88 dr. M P 82 SPP XXII Arsinoite nome homologia Kerkesoucha (BL 8, 5 08 dr. p.488) 83 SB XVIII S.N. receipt for the tax on a donkey Alexandrou Nesos M P lost 84 P.Lond. II 33 (p.97) Arsinoite nome homologia Kerkesoucha 5 64 dr. 85 SB XX or 58 cheirographon 20 dr. 86 PSA.Athen. 27 (= SB V 8254) Karanis homologia Karanis M? P0 200 dr. 87 SPP XXII S.N. homologia Kerkesoucha M 5 88 SB XVI homologia Kerkesoucha? 224 dr. 89 P.Brux. inv. E. 796 (= SB XXIV ? homologia Ibiôn Argiou M 674) 90 SPP XXII 29 (= SB XVIII S.N. homologia Kerkesoucha M dr. 3866) (BL VIII, 480) 9 SB XVIII Alexandrou Nesos receipt for the tax on donkeys Alexandrou Nesos?? 92 SB XVIII Alexandrou Nesos receipt for the tax on donkeys Alexandrou Nesos? 5 88 dr. 93 SB XII cheirographon 94 SB XVIII 376, Hermou polis acta familiae (πρασις ονου in 2 Nov. 63) 95 P.lor. I S.N. homologia Arsinoe 5 40 dr. 96 P.Col. X Memphite nome homologia 72 dr. 97 P.Col. X Memphite nome homologia 23[.] dr. 98 P.Lond. II 339 (p.200) cheirographon 5 60 dr. P 99 SB III Arsinoite nome cheirographon M 5 60 dr. 00 BGU II Arsinoite nome cheirographon 28 dr. 0 P.Prag. I receipt for the tax on donkeys Alexandrou Nesos? M 5 40 dr. 02 P.Berl.Cohen Arsinoite nome homologia Kerkesoucha? dr. 03 P.Berl.Cohen Arsinoite nome notarial protocol Arsinoe M 209 dr. 04 P.Lond. II 473 (p. 76) Arsinoite nome notarial protocol Arsinoe 05 BGU II 527 (= M.Chr.262) Arsinoite nome homologia Arsinoe M P 300 dr.

7 06 P.Münch. III Arsinoite nome cheirographon P 07 BGU III Arsinoite nome cheirographon dr. 08 P.NYU II Oxyrhynchite nome homologia dr. 09 Lucian, Asin, 35 II Greece τούτῳ πιπράσκομαι πολλῆς πάνυ τιμῆς, τριάκοντα δραχμῶν I am sold for a large amount, 30 drachmas. 30 dr. 0 Lucian, Asin, 46 II Greece ὁ δὲ στρατιώτης πωλήσειν με ἔγνω, καὶ πιπράσκει με πέντε καὶ εἴκοσιν Αττικῶν ὁ δὲ ὠνησάμενος θεράπων ἦν ἀνδρὸς σφόδρα πλουσίου πόλεως τῶν ἐν Μακεδονίᾳ τῆς μεγίστης Θεσσαλονίκης 25 dr. The soldier decided to put me up for sale and got twenty-five Attic drachmas for me. The buyer was the servant of a very wealthy man from Thessalonica, the largest city in Macedonia. Lucian, Asin, 42 and 43 II Greece reference is made to the sale of the donkey, without mentioning the price 2 Apuleius, Metamorphoses 8.25 II sed praeuenit cogitatum meum emptor anxius pretio depenso statim, quod quidem gaudens dominus scilicet taedio mei facile suscepit, septemdecim denarium, et ilico me stomida spartea deligatum tradidit Philebo But my buyer, still beside himself, was faster than my thought: he immediately counted out my price, which my master took quick enough and happily enough, bored with me by now, don t you know seventeen denarii and right then and there fitted me with a halter made of broom-grass rope and handed me over to Philebus (translation from J.C. Relihan, Apuleius. The Golden Ass, or, A Book of Changes, Indianapolis/Cambridge 2007) 3 Apuleius, Metamorphoses 9.0 II altera die productum me rursum uoce praeconis uenui subiciunt, septemque nummis carius quam prius me comparauerat Philebus A miller from the next hamlet over snapped me up at a higher price, seven sesterces more than the seventeen denarii that Philebus had paid for me before (translation from J.C. Relihan, Apuleius. The Golden Ass, or, A Book of Changes, Indianapolis/Cambridge 2007) 4 Apuleius, Metamorphoses 9.3 II me denique ipsum pauperculus quidam hortulanus comparat quinquaginta nummis, magno, ut aiebat, sed ut communi labore uictum sibi quaereret At last a poor old truck farmer buys me for fifty sesterces: a high price, as he kept on saying, but so that he could make himself a living through our labor side-by-side (translation from J.C. Relihan, Apuleius. The Golden Ass, or, A Book of Changes, Indianapolis/Cambridge 2007) 5 Apuleius, Metamorphoses 0.3 II uicinis me quibusdam duobus seruis fratribus undecim denariis uendidit 6 Apuleius, Metamorphoses 0.7 II iubet quadruplum restitui pretium and so he sold me, for eleven denarii, to some slaves who lived nearby, a couple of brothers (translation from J.C. Relihan, Apuleius. The Golden Ass, or, A Book of Changes, Indianapolis/Cambridge 2007) He ordered that they be given four times what they paid (translation from J.C. Relihan, Apuleius. The Golden Ass, or, A Book of Changes, Indianapolis/Cambridge 2007) 7 P.Stras. IV second half of II homologia M 8 P.Hamb. I 33, ii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai Arsinoe M 0 9 P.Hamb. I 33, ii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai Arsinoe

8 20 P.Hamb. I 33, ii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai 2 P.Hamb. I 33, ii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai 22 P.Hamb. I 33, ii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai 23 P.Hamb. I 33, ii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai 24 P.Hamb. I 33, ii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai 25 P.Hamb I 33, ii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai 26 P.Hamb. I 33, ii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai 27 P.Hamb. I 33, ii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai 28 P.Hamb. I 33, ii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai 29 P.Hamb. I 33, ii 32- iii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai 30 P.Hamb. I 33, iii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai 3 P.Hamb. I 33, iii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai do. 32 P.Hamb. I 33, iii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai. 33 P.Hamb. I 33, iii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai 34 P.Hamb. I 33, iii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai 35 P.Hamb I 33, iii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai 36 P.Hamb. I 33, iii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai 37 P.Hamb. I 33, iii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai 38 P.Hamb. I 33, iii second half of II Arsinoite nome tax payments for the bankdiagraphai Arsinoe M Arsinoe M Arsinoe M Arsinoe M Arsinoe M 0 Arsinoe M 0 Arsinoe M 0 Arsinoe M Arsinoe M 0 Arsinoe M Arsinoe M Arsinoe M Arsinoe M Arsinoe lost Arsinoe M Arsinoe M Arsinoe M Arsinoe M Arsinoe 3

9 39 SB XVIII 3867, middle II? private letter 40 SPP XXII II S.N. notarial protocol Arsinoe dr. 4 SB X 0750 (= PUG II 80) II? lost lost 40 dr. 42 P.lor. I 25, II Arsinoe register of the diagraphai Arsinoe? lost lost lost 43 BGU II 568, 2882 II register 44 SB XIV 899, II Oxyrhynchos private letter? 45 CPR XV II? receipt of the payment? 00+ (?) dr. 46 P.Louvre I 78? II S.N. homologia? M 47 P.Bodl. I II Arsinoite nome? lost lost 48 BGU I II-III Arsinoite nome homologia 260 dr. 49 SPP XXII 56, iv II-III S.N. list of expenses and incomes > 24 dr. 50 P.Prag. III II-III Arsinoite nome? 5 SB XVI S.N. homologia dr. 52 P.Oxy. XIV 707 descr. (=SP I Oxyrhynchos cheirographon Alexandreia? 600 dr. 33) 53 BGU XIII Alexandrou Nesos receipt Alexandrou Nesos lost 20 dr. 54 PSI I Oxyrhynchos cheirographon dr. 55 SPP XXII S.N. cheirographon 400 dr. 56 P.Lond. III 28 descr. (= SB cheirographon Hermou polis M 300 dr. XXVI 6735) 57 BGU II 43 (= M.Chr. 263) notarial protocol Kerkesoucha M dr. 58 P.Diog Philadelpheia? cheirographon 600 dr. 59 P.Wisc. I Boubastis or exchange of donkeys Oxyrhynchos (cheirographon) P 80 dr.+ pregnant (5) 60 P.Oxy. LXIX Oxyrhynchos lost lost lost 6 SB XII first half of III cheirographon 4 lost 62 P.Hamb. I Arsinoe homologia Arsinoe lost lost lost M? 63 SB VI 922 (= P.Cair.Isid. 84) or 276 Karanis homologia Arsinoe M P0 500 dr. 64 SB V Narmouthis homologia γραυς 3800 dr. 65 P.Mich. IX Karanis lost lost lost lost lost 66 PSI XIV Oxyrhynchos cheirographon Oxyrhynchite nome 5 tal. 67 BGU II Arsinoite nome homologia M P lost 68 P.Thead. 3 (=P.Sakaon 6) Theadelpheia homologia 5 lost 69 P.Oslo III second half of cheirographon M P 32 dr. III (BL 8,p.229) 70 SB VIII III Oxyrhynchos cheirographon 2 M 5 4 tal. 7 P.Mert. III c. 280 Oxyrhynchos cheirographon Oxyrhynchos? dr. 72 P.Oxy. VII III Oxyrhynchos private letter M? 73 P.Oxy. LXIII c Oxyrhynchos? Oxyrhynchos? M 5 74 PSI VII 80, 6 (see P.Bingen, p III-IV accounts M 72 dr. 47, 26n.) 75 PSI VII 80, 7 (see P.Bingen, p III-IV accounts 07 dr. 47, 26n.) 76 P.Oxy. XLIII Oxyrhynchos cheirographon Oxyrhynchos M 2 5 tal. 77 P.Oxy. XLIII early IV Oxyrhynchos cheirographon Oxyrhynchite nome M 5 2 tal. 78 SB XXII early IV Karanis? homologia lost; a donkey? [+?] 2000 dr. 79 SB I Megalê Oasis cheirographon Megalê Oasis? /2 2 tal.+

10 80 P.Oxy. LXIX Oxyrhynchos cheirographon Upper Cynopolite nome M 0 5 tal dr. 8 P.Oxy. LXIX Oxyrhynchos cheirographon M 2 5 tal dr. 82 P.Oxy. LXIX 4749 (?) Oxyrhynchos cheirographon lost lost lost lost lost 83 P.Berl.Leihg. I Hermou polis cheirographon Upper Cynopolite nome M 0 6 tal dr. 84 SB VI 979 (=P.Cair.Isid. 86) Karanis homologia P0 2 tal.+ 85 P.Oxy. LXIX Oxyrhychos cheirographon M lost 8 tal. 86 P.Oxy. XIV Oxyrhynchos cheirographon Upper Cynopolite nome M 2 0 tal dr. 87 SB VI Oxyrhynchos cheirographon Oxyrhynchite nome M 0 6 tal.+ 88 P.Corn Oxyrhynchos cheirographon Upper Cynopolite nome M 0 tal. 89 P.Oxy. LXIX Oxyrhynchos cheirographon Upper Cynopolite nome P0 9 tal.+ 90 P.Cair Isid 72 iii, Karanis memorandum for a petition Karanis? 2 40 tal. (see the following no) 9 P.Cair.Isid. 72, and Karanis petition to the prefect Karanis? 27 tal. 73, P.Cair.Isid. 45, first quarter of IV Karanis private account tal.+ 93 P.Kellis I Kelleôs komê cheirographon /2 M? P 2 tal.+ 94 SB XIV Oxyrhynchos cheirographon? lost M 39 tal. 95 P.Oxy. X 288, (BL 8, p.244) Oxyrhynchos private account 6 tal+ 0 art. 96 CPR VII Hermou polis cheirographon Hermou polis 40 tal. 97 PSI VIII (see CPR Oxyrhynchos cheirographon? lost 40 tal. VII 36, 7n.) (c. 347 Bingen, p. 47, 26n.) 98 P.Abinn. 80 verso, (= SB VIII IV Dionysias list of sales Andromachis P 350 tal. 9697= P.Sakaon 54) 99 SB XX cheirographon lost M 2500 tal. 200 D. Sperber, Cost of Living in Roman Palestine, Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 8/3 (Dec., 965), pp , esp. p. 255, text in J. Baba Mezia 4. (9c) end of IV Palestine 8 aurei 20 Cyril of Scythopolis, Vita Theodosii, p P.Oxy. VI 922, In ll some sales of ζῶα are mentioned and in n.7 ad loc. the editors consider them as asses or mules. However, as the nature of these animals is not clear, these transactions are not mentioned in the present list. Middle of VI Palestine κρυμμένον εὑρὼν τὸ ῥηθὲν χρυσίον κτίζει ἐν πρώτοις ὑπεράνω τοῦ σπηλαίου ξενοδοχεῖον καὶ ἐδεξιοῦτο πάντα ἐρχόμενον πρὸς αὐτόν. ἀγοράζει δὲ δύο μικρὰ ὀνάρια καὶ δι ἑαυτοῦ ἀπήρχετο καὶ τὴν σωματικὴν χρείαν ἀπεκόμιζεν late VI-early VII Oxyrhynchos accounts of horses see 24n. ad loc. 2 μικρά μικρά 4 sol. for all

11 203 P.Nessana 89, VI-VIII Nessana accounts of a trading company 2 /3 sol. 204 P.Nessana 89, VI-VII Nessana accounts of a trading company 5 /3 sol. 205 P.Nessana 89, VI-VII Nessana accounts of a trading company? 2 /3 sol. 206 P.Bal. II 9 VI-VII Monastêrion Abba Apollo (Balaizeh) Coptic. Deed of sale (asfaleia)? P sol. for both 207 Aesopus, abulae 200 ὄνον τις ἀγοράζων ἐπὶ πείρᾳ αὐτὸν ἔλαβε καὶ εἰσαγαγὼν εἰς τοὺς ἰδίους ἐπὶ τῆς φάτνης αὐτὸν ἔστησεν. ὁ δὲ καταλιπὼν τοὺς ἄλλους παρὰ τῷ ἀργοτάτῳ καὶ ἀδηφάγῳ ἔστη καὶ ὃς οὐδὲν ἐποίει. δήσας οὖν καὶ ἀπάγων τῷ δεσπότῃ αὐτὸν ἀπέδωκε. τοῦ δὲ διερωτῶντος, εἰ οὕτως ἀξίαν αὐτοῦ τὴν δοκιμασίαν ἐποιήσατο, ὑπολαβὼν εἶπεν ἀλλ ἔγωγε οὐδὲν ἐπιδέομαι πείρας. οἶδα γάρ, ὅτι τοιοῦτός ἐστι, ὁποῖον ἐξ ἁπάντων τὸν συνήθη ἐξελέξατο.ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι τοιοῦτος εἶναί τις ὑπολαμβάνεται, ὁποίοις ἂν ἥδηται τοῖς ἑταίροις. There was a man who wanted to buy a donkey. He selected one donkey for further examination and led him to where his own donkeys were, leaving him by the feeding trough. The new donkey went and stood next to the donkey who was the laziest and greediest of them all, ignoring all the others. As the new donkey showed no signs of any better behaviour, the man led him away again, returning him to his former master. When asked whether he had given the donkey a fair chance, the man explained, I don't even need to put him to the test. I know what kind of donkey he is because of the company he keeps. The story shows that a person is considered similar to the people whose companionship he enjoys. rom Aesop's ables. A new translation by Laura Gibbs, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2002, no 307