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A short inventory of goods put on board a boat, including small change, wine, pickled fish, fish sauce, olive oil, clothing and bedding. It was written at Oxyrhynchus in the 4th century AD.
Several container terms (aporrymata, mauron, baskeleion) are rare and their exact meaning is uncertain. Some quantities are illegible.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Bill of Lading). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
The text is a bill of loading for certain articles placed on board a boat, and includes money, clothing and food. It may be compared with P. Oxy. XVI 1923 (V or early VI cent.), an inventory of utensils and food placed on a boat, probably, the editors suggest, for use on a propos…
λόγος τῶν ἐμβληθέντων ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ. κέρματος ἀπορρύματα ε κνίδια ὁμοίως β βαλλάντια … οἴνου κεράμια … βωριδίων κεράμια β ἀορτὴ ἱματίων α γάρους μαῦρα α ἐλαίου βασκέλειον α στρώματα δισακκία μία
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