Account of Goats

Date

• 285 B.C.E.

Summary

• Date: February 21 - March 22, 284 BCE.
• Place of origin: Philadelphia (City in Ancient Egypt).
• Condition of recto: A light-brown papyrus with dark stains, regularly broken off at the bottom and at the left and right-hand sides. With the big fragment of the Wisconsin papyrus goes a small one (1.2 x 2 cm) with traces of 1 line.
• Hands recto: There is a margin of approximately 9 cm at the right. At the bottom the margin is 4 cm and at the left-hand side 1 cm. Three columns written along the fibers. At 14 cm from the left hand side there is a kollema. One column is written across the fibers. Before this column 2.5 cm and behind it 20.5 cm have been left free.
• Notes: At least one line has been lost between lines 32 and 33. One or two lines and a blank space must have been lost between lines 107 and 108, while between lines 171 and 172 again have a few lines that seem to be missing.
• Description, notes, transcription, and translation written by P. J. Sijpesteijn.