Fragment of an account of wine disbursed in double jars to officials and estate staff, including a tabularius, a surveyor, vintage supervisors and a steward, with a total of 100 jars spent and a remainder of 515. It dates to the 5th century AD.
In English machine translation
[…]
to the tabularius, 8 diplas
to the overseer (epikeimenos), 2 diplas
to the surveyor, 8 diplas
to the 2 vintage supervisors, 38 diplas
to the meizoteros, 4 diplas
Total of expenditure of wine: 100 diplas; remainder
for delivery (?) through Ser(…), of wine: 515 diplas
and of expenditure from […] Apphouas
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A dipla (diplon) was a double-sized wine jar used as a unit of measure; the meizoteros was a senior estate steward. The listed items (8+2+8+38+4=60) do not reach the total of 100, so earlier entries are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Wein für Beamte). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.