Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by an Arabikos to an unknown harbor
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9956
Receipt for grain delivered by donkey through the sitologoi TM 9956probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptSeptember 12, 302 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording that Arabikos son of Ptollas delivered grain through the granary officials (sitologoi) for the harvests of several regnal years, five donkey-loads in Pachon and three more between Thoth 3 and 15. It was issued at Karanis in the Arsinoite nome on 12 September 302.
In English machine translation
Through the sitologoi.
Arabikos son of Ptollas delivered, for the produce of the 17th and 16th and ninth year, […] Pachon, five donkey-loads, total 5 donkey-loads; and from Thoth 3 to 15, another three donkey-loads, total [3 donkey-loads].
Year 19 and 1[8 and 11, Thoth] 15.
The triple year date (19, 18 and 11) reflects the joint regnal years of the Tetrarchy (Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars). The verb metebalen refers to transfer of grain, here carried from the granary toward 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 Transportation by Donkeys and Camels. 3. Delivery from the Granary to the Harbor). 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.3.1077
διὰ σιτολόγων μετέβαλεν Ἀραβικὸς Πτολλᾶ ὑπὲρ γενήματος ιζ καὶ ιϛ καὶ ἐνάτου ἔτους ……ς Παχὼν ὄνους πέντε, γίνονται ὄνοι ε, καὶ ἀπὸ Θὼθ γ ἕως ιε ἄλλους ὄνους τρεῖς, γίνονται ὄνοι γ. ιθ ἔτους καὶ ιηἔτους καὶ ια ἔτους Θὼθ ιε.