Receipt(?) for Transport of Grain
Receipt(?) for delivery of grain brought by a Ptolemaios to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42748
Receipt for three sacks delivered by Ptolemaios son of Julianus TM 42748probably Syron kome, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptNovember 22, 278 A.D.
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A short ostracon record, probably a receipt, noting that Ptolemaios son of Julianus delivered three sacks (presumably of grain) from the village of Syron. It is dated Hathyr 26 of year 4, i.e. 22 November 278, in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Of Syron (Kome):
Ptolemaios son of Julianus, sacks three, total 3. Year 4, Hathyr 26.
The contents of the sacks are not stated; grain is assumed. The text may record transport to a harbour rather than a formal receipt.
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.2.870
Σύρων Πτολεμαῖος Ἰουλιανοῦ σάκκοι τρεῖς, γίνονται γ. δ ἔτους Ἁθὺρ κϛ.