Letter from Hermes to the steward Sarapiakos about wine, a donkey and cheeses TM 29014OxyrhynchosII

Hermes to the most honoured Sarapiakos, greetings. I have sealed up the wines of the first vat without separating out the fragrant ones, but those of the second I sorted beforehand, finding 30 fragrant. The other vats I did not seal up, since the receivers said they would take delivery until Tybi 5, until the fragrant wine is settled and accurately known. Of the sealed wines I found from the 1st vat 1 of drinking wine, […] of vinegar, […] 1 entirely; and from the 2nd, 5 of drinking wine, […] of vinegar; and from the […] orchard of the 3rd vat likewise 2 of drinking wine, from the 4th vat 1, which I found in storerooms outside the part of the […]. So that it may not be lost, let me know whether you want it sold. For it cannot be carried up unless it is sold off. I argued a great deal with those who took the donkey and tangled with them when they demanded the deposit, and in the end I asked for the mina, as you decided. I have sent up 16 cheeses, of which 4 are from the former cowherd. For I dismissed him for this very reason and […] the affairs of the animals. Please have baskets sent to me for the house. […] Tybi 1. [margin] Send the leases of the vinedressers, so that they may begin the pruning. [verso] To Sarapiakos, steward, from Hermes […]