Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor by Neilos in the name of Ptolemaios
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42140
Receipt for transport of grain by Ptolemaios son of Julianus TM 42140probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptApril 23, 278 A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording that Ptolemaios son of Julianus delivered 4 sacks of grain from the harvest of year 2 for transport, through the agent Neilos. It is dated Pharmouthi 28 of year 3 (23 April 278) and probably comes from Karanis.
In English machine translation
Of the produce of year 2, of Karanis: Ptolemaios son of Julianus, through Neilos, 4 sacks.
Year 3, Pharmouthi 28.
Such receipts usually record grain carried by donkey to a Nile harbor; the harbor is not named here. The genitive 'of Karanis' indicates the village whose crop 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 Receipt for Transport of Grain). 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.1.378
γενήματος β ἔτους Καρανίδος Πτολεμαῖος Ἰουλιανοῦ διὰ Νείλου σάκκους δ. ἔτους γ Φαρμοῦθι κη.