One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42767

Receipt for transport of grain by pack animals TM 42767probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMarch-April, 276 A.D.[?]

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A short ostracon receipt for grain from the harvest of year 6 carried in sacks by pack animals, signed by Ptollas son of Sokrates. It is dated in year 1, month Pharmouthi, probably AD 276, and probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum.

In English machine translation

Through the donkeys (?) of […] of the produce of year 6, sacks […] Ptollas son of Sokrates. Year 1, Pharmouthi […]

The Greek word ktenon means pack animals in general, usually donkeys in such receipts. The father's name Sokrates is largely restored.

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.

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Receipt for Transport of Grain

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · O.Mich.inv. 9785 · March-April, 276 A.D.[?] · probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Ptollas to an unknown harbor

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o.mich.2.888

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · March-April, 276 A.D.[?] · probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

διὰ κτηνῶν […] γενήματος ϛ ἔτους σάκκους[…] Πτολλᾶς Σωκράτους. ἔτους α Φαρμοῦθι[…]