Mandilaras (verb, sections 46-48), made the statement 40 years ago that the authour of this papyrus precisely followed the function of the tenses when he wrote:
Text taken from the Duke Documentary Papyrus site, and used under a CC BY 3.0 licence.P.Oxy.1482,3-13 wrote:γράφω σοι ἵ(*)νʼ ἰδῇς(*) ὅτι λελικμήκαμεν
τὴν κριθὴν τοῦ Αὐασίτου τῇ η̣, καὶ οὐ
5οὕτως αὐτὴν λελικμήκαμεν μετὰ
κόπου. ὁ Ζεὺς γὰρ ἔβρεχε καὶ ἀμάχητος
ἦν ὁ ἄνεμος, καὶ Πάρες(*) οἶδε ὅσα πεποκα-
μεν(*) \ἱ(*)/να(*) εἰσχύσωμεν(*) \ὅλως/ μετενέγκαι τὰ ἄλλα
σὺν θεοῖς. ἐξέβησαν δὲ \τοῦ ὅλου/ ἀρτάβαι λη χυνικε̣(*) δ·
10τύτων(*) κατέφθακα ἀρτάβας ιβ χύνικα(ς)(*) η.
ἐξήτασα δὲ περὶ τῆς θειμῆς(*) τοῦ χόρτου
τοῦ ἐφετινοῦ, ἐπράθη δ\ὲ/ ἐν τῇ κώμῃ ἐξ
ἑπτὰ δραχμῶν τὸ ἀγώγιν.
With the advances in the understanding of the Greek verb, is it still thought that this is precise use of the verb tenses?Mandilaras (verb), section 47 wrote:Here the writer wants to say the he writes [γράφω] this letter to inform his master that they have winnowed [λελικμήκαμεν] the barley, and that it was raining [ἔβρεχε] at the time of the work and that Panares knows [οἶδε] what they have done [πεποκαμε], and that the yield was [ἐξέβησαν] 38 artabae, of which he has reserved [κατέφθακα] 12½, and that he inquired [ἐξήτασα] about the price, and that the load was sold [ἐπράθη] in the village at 7 drachmae.