Account of Oil
Account of metretai of oil
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42017
Account of oil in metretai for Phaophi and Hathyr TM 42017Probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIIIrd century A.D.
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An ostracon account listing quantities of oil, measured in metretai, credited to various individuals for the months Phaophi and Hathyr. It dates to the 3rd century AD and probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
[…] … of Atisios, 5 metretai
[…] of Aurelius, 6 metretai
[…]os, 3 metretai
[…] of Antonius, 7 metretai
[…] …, 5 metretai
[…]ax, 3 metretai
[…] 8 metretai
[…] 3 metretai
For the months Phaophi and Hathyr
The metretes was a liquid measure used for oil and wine. The commodity, oil, is identified in the catalogue description and is not named in the surviving text.
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 Oil). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
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[…]… Ἀτισίου μετρηταὶ ε […] Αὐρηλίου μετρηταὶ ϛ […]ου μετρηταὶ γ […] Ἀντωνίου μετρηταὶ ζ […] … μετρηταὶ ε […]αξ μετρηταὶ γ […] μετρηταὶ η […] μετρηταὶ γ Φαῶφι Ἁθὺρ μηνῶν