A fragmentary list of contributors, mostly city residents named singly or in groups, each liable for or delivering one cheese. It dates to the 4th century AD and probably comes from the Hermopolite nome.
In English machine translation
[Column 1]
[…]
[…]
[…] […]
[…] first (?) […] of the city
It is as follows:
Nestorios also called T[…], 1 cheese
Theodoros son of Komasios and […], 1 cheese
Theo[…] and Demetrios and […], 1 cheese
Th[…] and […], 1 cheese
[…], 1 cheese
[…]
[Column 2]
[…]
[…]iodora and the heirs of Sere[…], 1 cheese
Anysios son of […]oros and the heirs of […], 1 cheese
Gennadios son of Olympiodoros […], 1 cheese
Taurinos son of Ammonios and E[…] son of […]ites and Achilleus son of Anoubion, 1 cheese
Okeanios son of Dioskourides and Taurinos son of Akylas and Nearchides […], 1 cheese
Achilleus son of Demeas and Silvanus son of Olympiodoros and the heirs of A[…]ios son of Polydeukes and Apollon son of Kyrillos, 1 cheese
The[…] and the heirs of […] and […]
[…]
Groups of several people, including heirs of deceased persons, share responsibility for a single cheese, which suggests a levy assessed on property holdings.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Lieferung von Käsen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.