An account of money received through Ioannes the wine-seller and the expenses paid out of it, including payments to an embroideress, a weaver, a poultry-dealer, a carpenter, a chartularius and donkey-drivers. It comes from a large estate in the Arsinoite nome in the 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
† I have through Ioannes the wine-seller
as follows: 1680(?)
from the […] of the city, the loans of Pekysis and Papai[…], 9 solidi 14 carats
through the same, […] from the island (?) of Alexandros […] 1 solidus 22 carats
total 11 solidi 12 carats
† from which, expenditure:
given to Isis the embroideress for the price of 2 towels, 23 carats
given to Apollos the weaver of tarsikarios cloth for completion of the price of linen cloths, 1 solidus 14 carats
Choiak 14, given to Kosmas the poultry-dealer for the price of cocks and chickens
[…] sent to Memphis, 11 1/2 carats, and for the price of 2 jars
[…] 3/4 carat, and fruit 1 1/4 carats, total 13 1/2 carats
Choiak 26, given to Patouos the carpenter for his wages of the 6th indiction, 1 solidus 10 1/2 carats
given to Ammon the chartularius for wine of the 6th indiction, 5 solidi 4 carats
given to […] the donkey-driver for transport charges of the 6th indiction, 11 1/2 carats
given to Ouenaphris, another donkey-driver, for transport charges of empty (jars)
by his receipt, 1 solidus 22 carats
makes in total 12 solidi 2 1/2 carats
The figure in line 2 (ρχπ, 180 or similar) is unclear in meaning. Amounts are in gold solidi and carats (24 carats to the solidus); the expenses slightly exceed the receipts.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Receipts and Expenses From a Large Estate). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.