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Receipt for delivery of two baskets by Palemon TM 41987unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptIVth century A.D.

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A short ostracon receipt recording that Palemon son of Aeion delivered two baskets (sarganai), signed by Petros on Pauni 15. It dates to the 4th century AD and concerns a delivery in kind.

In English machine translation

Palemon son of Aeion delivered 2 sarganai (baskets). Pauni 15. I, Petros, have signed.

A sargane is a plaited basket, here used as a unit of delivery. The catalogue describes the contents as chaff from Karanis, though the text itself names only the baskets.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Delivery in Kind). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

Receipt for Delivery in Kind

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · O.Mich.inv. 4481 · IVth century A.D. · unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of Egypt

Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Palemon to an unknown harbor

o.mich.1.223

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IVth century A.D.

παρήνεγκεν Παλήμων Ἀειῶνος σαργάνας β. Παῦνει ιε. Πέτρος σεσημείωμαι.