This
account is written along the grain on a half-diptych and is probably complete.
The back of the leaf is blank. The heading reditus castelli is
followed by five consecutive dates in July of an unnamed year, each related to
a sum in cash. The final line offers a total which must be in excess of 80 denarii
(see note to line 6). The existence of daily accounts of income or revenues of
the fort is of some interest, though one can only speculate on general grounds
as to what their source may have been; perhaps the sale to the surrounding
populace of foodstuffs or manufactured items.
The
hand is a very competent cursive with several features of interest. The form of
g, especially in line 2 and line 5, is new at Vindolanda (see [174].2
note). In the dates the initial i is large (cf. [291].i.3);
u is sometimes made in two straight strokes, the first a long
diagonal and the second a vertical.