Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Serenus
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An ostracon receipt recording that Germanos son of Harpalos delivered four donkey-loads of grain from the produce of the 3rd indiction from the granary of Ptolemais to a harbour, through the agent Arios son of Onninos. It dates to the early 4th century AD and probably comes from Ptolemais Nea in the Arsinoite nome.
The harbour name Leukogion is supplied by the editor, as the scribe omitted it; the catalogue description mentions a Serenus, who does not appear in the surviving text. The verb translated 'transferred' is the usual term for handing grain over for transport.
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 in the name of Serenus
θησαυροῦ μέρους Πτολεμαίδος γενήματος γ ἰνδικτίονος μετέβαλεν Γερμανὸς Ἁρπάλου ἐν ὅρμῳ Λευκογίου διὰ Ἀρίου Ὀννίννου ὄνους τέσσαρας, γίνονται ὄνοι δ. Μεχὶρ […]
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