Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain by an Artemidoros to an unknown harbor
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 30545
Receipt for delivery of three sacks by Artemidoros son of Phokas TM 30545probably Syron (kome), Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIIIrd century A.D. (November 27/28)
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A short ostracon receipt recording that Artemidoros son of Phokas delivered three sacks, probably of grain, connected with Syron (village). It dates from the 3rd century AD and comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Syron.
⟦…⟧
Artemidoros son of Phokas,
three sacks, total 3.
Year 4, Choiak 1.
"Syron" is probably the village Syron (kome) in the Herakleides division. The text belongs to a group recording transport of grain from the granary to the harbor. One record places it at Syron rather than Karanis, and the regnal year 4 is not tied to a named emperor.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Transportation by Donkeys and Camels. 3. Delivery from the Granary to the Harbor). 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.3.1059
Σύρων Ἀρτεμίδωρος Φωκᾶ σάκκους τρεῖς, γίνονται γ. δ ἔτους Χυάκ α.