Account of wine-jars
An account of wine-jars.
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Account of wine jars at the wine-presses TM 1367Kharabet el Gerza (ancient Philadelphia)mid 3rd c. B.C.
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An account of wine jars counted by Herodotos on Mesore 3, listing pitched and unpitched jars and half-jars stored at several wine-presses and a workshop, with totals. It belongs to the Zenon archive from Philadelphia in the Fayum, mid 3rd century BC.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Counted through Herodotos, Mesore 3.
There are at the great wine-press, pitched jars: 1,629, of which Keleesis has 40 jars; remainder 1,589;
and unpitched jars 636,
half-jars 296;
and at the press of Theopompos, jars 323,
half-jars 15;
at the press of Demeas: of Hermogenes, jars 95;
of Demeas, jars 240;
total 2,923,
half-jars 311;
and in the workshop of Nees 150;
and from those lying nearby, up to the account(?), 500;
and from Paesis 1,000 ⟦total 1,850⟧;
grand total 4,773.
[verso]
And on the 3rd ⟦4th⟧ there have been additionally inspected(?)
those that were taken out, 324;
from Paesis 177;
and at Nees, in addition to the 500, a further 120 were found;
and those from the village of the Syrians 195;
half-jars 25;
banotoi(?) 40;
to Moithymis, jars 72;
and half-jars […];
banotoi […];
and old ones 40;
… 300.
"Pitched" jars were lined with resin to hold wine; the meaning of "banotoi" and of the last line's "etiaria" is uncertain." ,"date_en_dummy":"
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 - jars). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.cair.zen.4.59742
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