Receipt(?) for Transport of Grain
Receipt(?) for delivery of grain brought on donkeys to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42737
Record of donkey loads delivered, probably of grain TM 42737probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D.
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A brief record, probably the end of a receipt or account, noting deliveries made by donkey: two donkeys on Phaophi 9 and one more donkey through a man named Kasi(…). It probably concerns grain transported to a harbour and dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD, probably from Karanis.
In English machine translation
And on Phaophi 9, likewise, two donkeys, total 2, and through Kasi(…) one donkey, total 1.
The text begins with "and likewise", so it continues an entry now lost; the cargo (grain) and destination are inferred from similar ostraca rather than stated here. The name Kasi(…) is abbreviated and its full form is uncertain.
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.2.859
καὶ Φαῶφι θ ὁμοίως ὄνοι δύο, γίνονται β, καὶ διὰ Κασι ὄνος εἷς, γίνεται α.