Fragment of a letter about olives, jars and pulses TM 30481unbekanntIII

Fragment of a private letter from Roman Egypt, 3rd century AD, dealing with household provisions such as pickled goods, olives or olive oil, dates, jars and pulses. A marginal note mentions a period from Tybi of year 18, two drachmas, a man named Heron, and a vaulted room, dated Hathyr 7.

In English machine translation

Greek elaia can mean either olive or olive oil. The dichora are jars of two-measure capacity.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Frammento di lettera). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.