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Ischyrion son of Dionysios acknowledges to a vine-dresser that he has received all the wine produce of Nero's 7th year, which had been reserved in an earlier lease, and makes no further claim. Written at Oxyrhynchus in October AD 62.
The heliasterion was a sunny area or floor where grapes were dried or wine processed; there is no exact English equivalent. The vine-dresser's name is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt of Produce in 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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