Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42764
Receipt for transport of a sack of grain from Karanis TM 42764probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century A.D. (March 28)
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A short ostracon receipt recording the delivery of one sack of grain from the harvest of year 6 of the village of Karanis, transported by pack animals. It is dated Pharmouthi 2 of year 7 (28 March) in the late 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
[Of the village of] Karanis, of the produce of year 6.
[…]taponis ⟦1 sack⟧
[by donkeys (?)] […]ilop 1 sack,
[total 1. Year] 7, Pharmouthi 2.
Such receipts usually record grain carried from the village to a harbour for shipment; the harbour here is not named. The scribe deleted '1 sack' in line 2 and recorded it on the next line instead.
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.2.886
κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος ϛ ἔτους […]ταπῶνις διὰ κτηνῶν[…]ιλοπ σάκκον α, γίνεται α. ἔτους ζ Φαρμοῦθι β.