One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42149

Receipt for transport of grain by Ammonios son of Papeis TM 42149probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJuly 8, 279 A.D.[?]

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Ostracon receipt recording that Ammonios son of Papeis transported 12 sacks of grain, amounting to 31 artabas and 7 measures, using the pack animals of Arsinoe. It is dated Epeiph 14 of year 4, probably 8 July AD 279, and probably comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

[…] Ammonios son of Papeis, 12 sacks, 31 artabas 7 measures, by the donkeys (?) of Arsinoe. Year 4, Epeiph 14.

The opening of the receipt, probably naming the harbour or the recipient, is lost. The word abbreviated as ktēn(ōn) means pack animals, here those belonging to Arsinoe, possibly a person or the town.

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.

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Receipt for Transport of Grain

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · O.Mich.inv. 4441 · July 8, 279 A.D.[?] · probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor by Ammonios

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o.mich.1.386

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · July 8, 279 A.D.[?] · probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

[…][…] Ἀμμώνιος Παπέιτος σάκκους ιβ ἀρτάβας λα μέτρα ζ διὰ κτηνῶν Ἀρσινόης. ἔτους δ Ἐπὶφ ιδ.