Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Chairemon
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42148
Receipt for transport of two sacks of grain for Chairemon TM 42148probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIIIrd century A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording that Chairemon son of Ptolemaios delivered two sacks (of grain) through his agent Asotas, dated Year 4, Pauni 6. It probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum and dates to the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Chairemon son of Ptolemaios, through Asotas, 2 sacks, total 2. Year 4, Pauni 6.
The commodity is not named in the text; grain transport is inferred from similar receipts.
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.1.385
Χαιρήμων Πτολεμαίου διὰ Ἀσωτᾶτος σάκκους δύο, γίνονται β. ἔτους δ Παῦνι ϛ.