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on each farm, and perhaps with the seed to be advanced. As
regards the EKTH or ATTOMOIPA on wine henceforth to be paid
to Arsinoe Philadelphus, we have not only II. xxx. (e) and xlvi.,
but the papyrus Q of the Leiden collection, formerly referred
to a later date. There is also P. P. II. xxvii. (1), which states
the wine produce of a farm, and adds the one-sixth on fruits and
garlands of flowers, so that this produce is classed with that of
the vineyard. This may be the meaning of adding TAPAAEICOI
throughout section B of our papyrus to the AMITEAQNEC.
There is also an interesting letter, complete (P. P. IT. xi. (6) ),
calling upon the oeconomus, or perhaps the tax-farmer, to
attend on the next day but one, when the vine-grower was
going to have his vintage, according to the ordinance in col. 25.
Other coincidences are mentioned in Mr, Grenfell’s commentary,
and in the Appendix to Part II of the Petrie papyri he has
made some important corrections, or additions, to my readings
of the fragments just cited. Thus the indirect light shed upon
the early papyri we have found makes it certain that we shall
be able to interpret future discoveries of the same kind with
greater certainty, and ultimately reconstruct a definite and
connected account of the whole financial system of the Ptolemaic
Exchequer.
