Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor by Belles
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42160
Receipt for transport of four sacks by Belles son of Ptolemaios TM 42160probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIIIrd century A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording that Belles son of Ptolemaios delivered or transported four sacks, presumably of grain. It is dated Year 6, Pauni 6, and probably comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome, 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Belles son of Ptolemaios, four sacks, total 4. Year 6, Pauni 6.
The text does not name the contents of the sacks or a destination. The catalogue describes it as a receipt for grain transport to a harbour.
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.1.395
Βελλῆς Πτολεμαίου σάκκους τέσσαρας, γίνονται δ. ἔτους ϛ Παῦνι ϛ.