Fragment of a contract in which someone acknowledges receiving 10 double jars of good wine and undertakes to pay the price in wheat in the month of Pauni, at the market price then current, with a penalty for late payment. It dates to the 4th century AD.
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... of wine of good quality, ten double jars, total 10 double jars, the price of which I shall necessarily pay you in the month of Pauni, in wheat, according to the price that will then prevail in the same month of Pauni; otherwise I shall pay you for the overdue time [...]
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A diplon (double jar) is a standard wine container of the period. The catalogue describes the deal as a sale of wheat and wine with advance payment.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Kauf von Weizen und Wein gegen Vorauszahlung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.