Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Palemon in the name of a Ptollas(?) to an unknown harbor
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 30546
Receipt for grain transported by donkeys from the granary of Karanis TM 30546probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D.
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A short receipt or record of grain delivered from the granary of Karanis, carried by thirteen donkeys through a certain Palemon. It dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary district (?) of Karanis, from the produce of […]
[…]kratous, through Palemon […]
donkeys thirteen, total 13 […]
The abbreviation expanded as horiodeiktia refers to a boundary or district designation of the granary; its exact sense is uncertain. The ending -kratous in line 2 probably belongs to a personal name in the genitive, the person in whose name the grain was delivered.
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.
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