Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Pleein to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42756
Receipt for transport of two sacks of grain from Karanis TM 42756probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Middle/late) IIIrd century A.D. (May-June, 253 A.D.[?])
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A short ostracon receipt recording the delivery of two sacks of grain from the harvest of year 2 for Karanis, credited to Pleis son of Mysthes and carried by the pack animals of Dinnis. It is dated in Pauni of year 3, probably in the mid-3rd century AD, likely at Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Of the produce of year 2, of Karanis, Pleis son of Mysthes, by the donkeys of Dinnis, two sacks, total 2. Year 3, Pauni.
Receipts of this type record grain carried by donkey to a harbor for shipment; the harbor is not named here. The name Pleis appears as Pleein in the descriptive record.
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.2.878
γενήματος β ἔτους Καρανίδος Πλῆιν Μύσθου διὰ κτηνῶν Δίννεως σάκκους δύο, γίνονται β. ἔτους γ Παῦνι.