Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought to an unknown harbor by a Ouenaphris in the name of a Palemon
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 14269
Receipt for donkey-loads delivered by Palemon through Ouenaphris TM 14269probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptDecember 16, 303 A.D.[?]
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An ostracon receipt recording deliveries through the grain officials (sitologoi) made by Palemon son of Ptollas, carried by Ouenaphris, in single donkey-loads on five dates in Hathyr and Choiak, the last load being lentils. It comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome and is dated to December 303.
In English machine translation
Through the sitologoi, Palemon son of Ptollas has transferred (delivered), through Ouenaphris, for the 13th and 12th year: Hathyr 12, 1 donkey-load; 20, 1 donkey-load; Choiak 2, 1 donkey-load; 11, 1 donkey-load; 19, 1 donkey-load of lentils.
The verb metebalen is the technical term for transferring or delivering grain into the granary account. The 13th and 12th years presumably refer to the regnal years of the Tetrarchs (Diocletian and Maximian, Constantius and Galerius).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Empfangsbestätigung über Eselslasten, bestimmt für den Sitologen). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
o.mich.2.900
διὰ σιτολόγων μετέβαλεν Παλήμων Πτολλᾶ διὰ Οὐεναφρίου ιγ ἔτους καὶ ιβ ἔτους Ἁθὺρ ιβ ὄνον ἕνα , κ ὄνον ἕνα , Χοὶακ β ὄνον ἕνα , ια ὄνον ἕνα , ιθ φακοῦ ὄνον ἕνα .