Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Ptolemaios to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42753
Receipt for 4 sacks of grain transported by Ptolemaios TM 42753probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptApril 8, 278 A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording that Ptolemaios son of Julianus delivered 4 sacks of grain from the year 2 harvest of Karanis. It is dated Pharmouthi 13 of year 3, corresponding to 8 April 278 AD.
In English machine translation
Of the produce of year 2, (from) Karanis.
Ptolemaios son of Julianus,
4 sacks.
Year 3, Pharmouthi 13.
Such receipts usually record grain carried, often by donkey, from a village to a granary or harbor; the destination is not named here.
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.2.875
γενήματος β ἔτους Καρανίδος Πτολεμαῖος Ἰουλιανοῦ σάκκους δ. ἔτους γ Φαρμοῦθι ιγ.