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[1] … [2] [… ? lines lost …] […]εἰς τὸ …[…]διων μ[…] κ[…]…ια τ[…]ερεια[…]τευκ[…] ει…ω…[…]γ ἔτους ἀρουρ[…] γενημα[…]ο μετρηταὶ Γροζ χόες β 𐅵 τὸ ἡμίσευμα μετρηταὶ Αφπη χόες δ κοτύλαι γ εἰς δὲ τὸ αὐτὸ μετρηταὶ […]…ξα χόες δ κοτύλαι γ
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Fragment of an account of wine produce TM 1718unbekanntMitte III v.Chr.
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A fragment of an account recording quantities of a liquid, probably wine, measured in metretai, choes and kotylai, apparently the produce of a piece of land, with half of the total calculated. It dates to the middle of the 3rd century BC.
In English machine translation
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produce […] 3177 metretai 2 1/2 choes; the half of this, 1588 metretai 4 choes 3 kotylai
and into the same, […] …61 metretai 4 choes 3 kotylai
The metretes, chous and kotyle are Greek liquid measures. The half of 3177 metretai 2 1/2 choes given as 1588 metretai 4 choes 3 kotylai suggests a metretes of 12 choes and a chous of 12 kotylai, though the arithmetic in the text is not exact.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.