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A fragmentary ostracon account of money payments, mostly sums of 4 drachmas, with entries for wine including old wine and a jar. It comes from Elephantine and dates to the 1st or 2nd century AD.
The word read as 'exach' is probably a six-chous (hexachoun) wine measure, but the reading is uncertain. The opening 'ka' may be a numeral (21) or the end of a lost word.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Compte en espèces). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
κα εἰς τὸν τόπον ἡμῶν […]… α ἐξαχ οἴνου δραχμα- ϛ ὀβολο- 4 […] οἴνου παλαιοῦ α […]…λητος δραχμα- δ […]ωστεως δραχμα- δ […]ἐν μιᾷ φορᾷ δραχμα- δ δραχμα- ιβ ὀβολο- 4 […]ινινις δραχμα- δ […][…] δραχμα- δ […]…ς δραχμα- δ […] δραχμα- ϛ […] κεράμιον
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