Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Ptolemaios to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42761
Receipt for six sacks of grain transported by pack animals TM 42761probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptDecember 21, 280 A.D.[?]
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A short ostracon receipt recording that Ptolemaios son of Julianus delivered six sacks of grain from the year 5 harvest of Karanis, transported by pack animals. It is dated Choiak 25 of year 6, probably 21 December 280 AD, and probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
Ptolemaios son of Julianus,
of the produce of year 5, of Karanis, by
pack animals, six sacks. Year 6, Choiak 25.
Such receipts typically record grain carried by donkeys or camels from the village to a harbor for shipment; 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.2.883
Πτολεμαῖος Ἰουλιανοῦ γενήματος ε ἔτους Καρανίδος διὰ κτηνῶν σάκκοι ἕξ . ἔτους ϛ Χοιὰκ κε.