Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Titianus to an unknown harbor
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A short ostracon receipt recording that Titianus son of Ptolemaios delivered two sacks, presumably of grain for transport. It is dated to year 5, Pauni 16 (10 June) in the 3rd century AD and probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum.
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.
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Titianus to an unknown harbor
Τιτιανὸς Πτολεμαίου σάκκοι δύο, γίνονται β. ἔτους ε Παῦνι ιϛ.
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