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Baker's account of grain, bread sales and expenses TM 31798OxyrhynchosIII

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A baker's account from Oxyrhynchus of the 3rd century AD recording grain received and baked into bread on the 21st to 22nd, income from grinding and from sales of loaves and rolls, and expenses for fuel, oil, salt, rent, transport and wages. Expenses exceed receipts, leaving a deficit of 72 drachmas 6 obols.

In English machine translation

Hathyr (?) ... Onnophris, 21st to 22nd. There were 5 artabas set aside (?) and 22 artabas were brought, total 27 artabas, of which 22 artabas were made into bread, remainder set aside 5 artabas. There came from the grinding of 4 artabas 32 drachmas, and there were sold small loaves (?) for 2 drachmas, rolls and 6 (?) for 4 drachmas, to Miniphis, loaves for 2 drachmas, of the deduction 20 drachmas, total of receipts 60 drachmas. Of which expenses: price of hay 8 drachmas, rushes likewise 8 drachmas, chaff 1 drachma 5 obols, oil 1 drachma 1 obol, salt for making seasoning 1 drachma 1 obol, rent 5 obols, utensils likewise 1 obol, total 6 obols, transport of 22 artabas 6 drachmas, to the assistants […] drachmas, for the wages of the aforementioned …, wool … 1 obol, total of expenses 132 drachmas 6 obols. Against which the receipts above 60 drachmas, there remain 72 drachmas 6 obols.

The opening word read as a name, Onnophris, may refer to a person in charge for the days 21-22; the heading is uncertain. The hay and rushes were probably fuel for the oven.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Baker’s 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.

p.oxy.14.1731

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III · Oxyrhynchos

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