Fragment of vintage account
A fragment of a vintage account, recording the quantities of wine produced by the vineyards round Philadelphia.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 1362
Fragment of a vintage account from vineyards at Philadelphia TM 1362Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)mid 3rd c. B.C.
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A fragment of a day-by-day vintage account from Philadelphia in the Fayum, mid 3rd century BC, recording quantities of wine (in metretai and choinikes) produced at vineyards of Neoptolemos, Harmodios, Apollonios and Sostratos, and the shares handed to managers. It also records boiled-down must and a payment to the workers who pressed the grape residue.
In English machine translation
21 (?) Neoptolemos, with the pressed-grape wine (stemphylias), […] metretai […]
to the same managers […]
…[…]
Harmodios, with the pressed-grape wine, 62 metretai, … choinikes, of which
to the same managers […] metretai […] choinikes
22 Apollonios, from the […] west of Neoptolemos's, through Apollonios the vinedresser, with the pressed-grape wine, to the same managers […]
in 75 jars […]
Neoptolemos, with the pressed-grape wine, 80 metretai, of which the […] to the same managers […] metretai
from those of Sostratos […]
boiled-down must, 22 metretai, of which […]
and to the pressers of grape-residue we gave 6 choinikes
23 Harmodios, with the pressed-grape wine, 138 metretai, of which half to the same managers, 69 metretai
24 Harmodios, with the pressed-grape wine, 174 metretai 5 choinikes, of which for […]
remainder 124 metretai 5 choinikes, of which […]
total to the same managers […] metretai […] choinikes
Apollonios, from the […]
through Hermogenes the vinedresser […] metretai, of which
to the same managers […] metretai […]
the pressed-grape wine: nothing […]
Stemphylias is a second-pressing wine made from the grape residue (stemphyla); it is counted together with the main wine. The cheiristai are the managers or agents receiving shares, often half, of the yield.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment of vintage account). 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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