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Memorandum of an oil-monopoly contractor on a shortfall of oil TM 3216Ghoran (Arsinoites)III v.Chr.

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A memorandum from Apollon, holder of the contract for selling oil at Kaminoi in the Fayum, to the oikonomos Asklepiades. He admits a shortfall of 3 metretai of oil for the month of Phaophi and offers 60 artabas of sesame on the threshing floor as security, asking that the oikonomos Harchebis be instructed accordingly.

In English machine translation

Memorandum to Asklepiades, oikonomos, from Apollon, who has contracted for the sale of oil at Kaminoi and its dependencies. I have come to owe in addition, against the assessment for Phaophi, 3 metretai of oil, because the mill (?) has made [...] more [...] in the Labyrinth. But for this I have sesame on the threshing floor amounting to 60 artabas, which I will measure out to the king by Hathyr 30. If therefore it seems good to you, write to Harchebis the oikonomos [...] this sesame [...] I have, and that I owe nothing to the masters (?) from the [...] me, and to consider it worthy (?) to measure out the sesame to the king. Farewell.

The oikonomos was the royal financial official overseeing monopolies such as oil; the 'Labyrinth' is the Hawara temple complex. The reason for the shortfall is partly illegible, so its translation is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Mémoire d’un fermier du monopole de l’huile). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · III v.Chr. · Ghoran (Arsinoites)

ὑπόμνημα Ἀσκληπιάδηι οἰκονόμωι παρʼ Ἀπόλλωνος τοῦ ἐξειληφότος τὴν διάθεσιν τοῦ ἐλαίου Καμίνων καὶ τὰ συνκύροντα. προσωφείληκα πρὸς τὴν σύνταξιν τοῦ Φαῶφι ἐλαίου μετρητὰς γ, διὰ τὸ τὸν ὅλμον πλείονος ε…ι…[…]ς πεποιηκέναι ἐν τῶι Λαβυρύνθωι· εἰς δὲ τοῦτο ὑπάρχει μοι σησάμου ἐπὶ τῆς …