Private account
Expenditures in barley
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A fragmentary private account recording expenditures of barley, mainly as fodder for animals including mules, with entries dated by Egyptian months (Pharmouthi, Mesore). It mentions a landowner's estate, an official called the dikaiodotes (iuridicus), and a payment of wine. It dates to the 3rd or 4th century AD; the place is unknown.
The dikaiodotes was the Greek title of the iuridicus, a senior Roman judicial official in Egypt. The meaning of 'tetrapolos' (probably a four-horse vehicle or team) is uncertain here.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Private Account). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Expenditures in barley
λόγος ἀναλώματος κριθῆς[…] Ὀνησίμῳ εἰς τροφὰς τῶν β […] καὶ μούλων ἡμερησίως κριθῆς[…] ἀπὸ κθ Φαρμοῦθι Αἰᾶσει χ[…] ὁμοίως Πρείμᾳ κατερχομένῃ […] μετὰ τοῦ τετραπόλου […] κτήσει τοῦ γεούχου ἐπὶ δια[…] τῷ δικαιοδότῃ […] οἴνου τῷ αὐτῷ […] Μεσορὴ β τοῦ γεούχου ἐπὶ δι[…] Φ…μαιθων ἀπερχ…
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