Account of freight
An account of expenses connected with a freight of jars of wine. The writing is across the fibres, but whether on the recto or verso is not clear.
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Account of expenses for a freight of wine jars TM 31772Oxyrhynchus3rd century
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An account of expenses for shipping 400 jars of wine, listing freight, transport costs, taxes, clerks' fees, currency exchange and payments to officials such as a beneficiarius, a searcher and a stationarius. It comes from Oxyrhynchus in the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
For the 400 jars at 4 1/2 obols, 300 drachmas,
search fee, 4 drachmas,
expense of wine transport, 36 drachmas 3 obols,
tax, 24 drachmas,
rudder (fee), 12 drachmas 4 1/2 obols,
clerks, 8 drachmas,
total 385 drachmas 2 obols.
Additional payments, 30 drachmas,
exchange, 2 drachmas 1 obol,
writing of the receipt, 3 obols,
grand total 418 drachmas.
Wood (fee), 14 drachmas 2 obols,
to the beneficiarius, 4 drachmas,
grand total 436 drachmas 2 obols.
For a kydaros boat, 4 obols,
[…], 4 obols,
for a ticket, 1 drachma 1 obol,
to the searcher, 1 drachma 1 obol,
to the stationarius, 2 drachmas 2 obols.
The beneficiarius and stationarius were soldiers on police and customs duty; a kydaros was a type of small river boat. The 'search fee' was presumably paid for customs inspection of the cargo.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Freight). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.oxy.14.1651
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