Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Satabous
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42176
Receipt for grain delivered by donkey to the granary of Hiera Nikolaou TM 42176probably Hiera Nikolaou, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century A.D. (December 6, 285 A.D.[?])
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A short ostracon receipt recording delivery of grain into the village granary of Hiera Nikolaou in the Arsinoite nome (Fayum), from the harvest of year 2. It was credited to Satabous and carried by Syrotrates on 5 donkeys, carrying 5 sacks, and is dated Choiak 10, probably 6 December 285 AD.
In English machine translation
In the granary of the village of Hiera Nikolaou, of the produce of year 2, in the name of Satabous, guarantor (?), through Syrotrates, 5 donkeys, making 5 sacks.
Year 2, Choiak 10.
The abbreviation gn(ōstēr) refers to an official who vouched for identity or liability, here rendered 'guarantor'. The number 'five, making' was left out by the scribe and supplied by the editor from the figure 5 given for the sacks.
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.1.407
ἐν θησαυρῷ κώμης Ἱερᾶς Νεικολάου γενήματος β ἔτους ὀνόματος Σαταβοῦτος γνωστῆρος διὰ Συρωτράτους ὄνους πέντε, γίνονται σάκκοι ε. ἔτους β Χοίακ ι.