Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor
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A fragmentary ostracon receipt from the Karanis granary under the dekaprotos Ptolemaios, recording grain from the produce of the 9th and 8th years delivered in the name of a man whose father was Hieron, carried by donkeys through Ptolemaios. It dates to about AD 294 and probably comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.
The dekaprotoi were local officials responsible for collecting grain taxes. Most of the text, including the quantities and destination harbour, is lost or restored.
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.
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος δεκαπρώτου Πτολεμαίουγενήματος θ ἔτους καὶ η ἔτους ὀνόματος[…]…[…]ας Ἱέρωνος διὰ Πτολεμαίου ὄνοι[…] […]
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