Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Sarapion to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42752
Receipt for seven sacks delivered by Sarapion son of Priscus TM 42752probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIIIrd century A.D. (September/October)
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A short ostracon receipt recording that Sarapion son of Priscus delivered seven sacks, presumably of grain, in the month Phaophi of year 3. It probably comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome and dates to the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Sarapion son of Priscus:
7 sacks, total 7 sacks.
Year 3, Phaophi.
The text does not name the commodity; the catalogue description takes it as grain transported to a harbour.
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.2.874
Σαραπίων Πρείσκου σάκκους ἑπτά, γίνονται σάκκοι ζ. ἔτους γ Φαῶφι.