Fragment of an order or account for the distribution of wine in knidia (jars) to several individuals, including Pektes and Testos, totalling 18 knidia, with a signed note acknowledging fourteen knidia. It was issued on the authority of a landowner, early 4th century AD, from Pesla in the Hermopolite nome or Hermopolis.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] supplied by order […]
[… 4 knidia of wine], to Pektes [… knidia of wine] […]
[…] 4 knidia [of wine], to Testos [… knidia] of wine […]
[…] 2 knidia [of wine].
[Total of the order:] 18 knidia of wine. I have signed for
fourteen knidia
of wine.
Spend, by order of the landowner […]
A knidion was a wine jar used as a unit of measure. The total of 18 differs from the 14 knidia signed for in the subscription.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.