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A fragmentary account of olive oil, recording quantities in metretai received and spent, including expenditure for the month of Pauni. It dates to the 3rd century AD and comes from Oxyrhynchus.
The metretes was a liquid measure used for oil and wine. 'Lachana' may refer to vegetable seed, a source of oil in Egypt.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Relevé d’huile d’olive). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] […]…εως π[…] ἐλαίου μετρηταὶ δ[…] […] ἀναλώματος μηνὸς Παῦνι ἐλαίου[…] […] μετρηταὶ μβ ε…[…]……[…] […] λήμματος ἐλαίου μετρηταὶ νϛ κατα[…] […]ον ἐξῆς μηνὸς ἐλαίου μετρηταὶ ιϛ[…] […] ο ἀπὸ λήμματος λαχάνων ων εχ[…] […]ων ἐπὶ τοῦ προκειμένου Παῦνι μηνὸς καταμ[…] […
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