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Account of wine issued daily, with a list of goods sent by Amyntas TM 1183Delta13. Nov. - 24. Nov. 257 v.Chr.

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A daily account of wine issued in the month Hyperberetaios to a doctor Artemidoros, a secretary, priests and others, partly during a voyage, including wine for a poultice. The back lists foodstuffs and wine sent by Amyntas and carried off by Patron in a light boat. It belongs to the Zenon archive and dates to November 257 BC, in the Delta.

In English machine translation

[recto, column 1] Hyperberetaios 18: Artemidoros the doctor [pri]ests, 2 of Leukadian (wine), 8 kotylai 19: Artemidoros the doctor Artemidoros the secretary Hephaistion priests, 3 of Leukadian, 1 chous 20: Artemidoros Hephaistion priests […] of wine, 8 [kotylai] [21]: during the voyage to Artemidoros to Nikandros to Theodoros, 4 kotylai to Herophantos, 2 kotylai [22]: at the anchorage Artemidoros Iatrokles Artemidoros Demetrios, 1 chous to Herophantos […] [23]: Artemidoros […] […] [recto, column 2] 25: for a poultice, 5 kotylai Hermias Demetrios, 10 kotylai to Herophantos, 2 kotylai 26 [27]: to Demetrios, Arte[m…] […] … 27, 28: to Artemidoros the secretary and the priests to Hermophantos, of Knidian (wine), 6 kotylai … 28, 29: […] [verso] […] You have received it, Pyron; remember. Of the things which Amyntas sent us, Patron carried off in the light boat: 2 jars of tuna pieces, 5 jars of Rhodian dried figs, 5 jars of Kaunian (figs), 2 large Kythnian cheeses, 20 Rhenaian (cheeses), and from Amyntas a sheep's-wool cloak and 2 jars of Chian wine.

Hyperberetaios is a Macedonian month; the wines are named by origin (Leukas, Knidos, Chios). The kotyle and chous are liquid measures, a chous being 12 kotylai.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of wine). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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p.cair.zen.4.59548

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 13. Nov. - 24. Nov. 257 v.Chr. · Delta

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