Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor by Palemon
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9957
Receipt for transport of wheat by donkey through the sitologoi TM 9957probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptAugust 2, 303[?] A.D.
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Ostracon receipt recording that Palemon son of Ptollas transported fifteen donkey-loads of wheat through the granary officials (sitologoi), on account of the harvests of several regnal years. The transport took place from Mesore 3 to 9, probably at Karanis, around AD 303.
In English machine translation
Through the sitologoi.
Palemon son of Ptollas transferred, on account of the produce of year 18 and year 17 and year 10 and year 17 and year 16 and year 9, fifteen donkey-loads of wheat, total 15 donkey-loads.
Year 19 and 18 and 11, Mesore 3 to 9.
The triple regnal year (19, 18 and 11) points to the joint reign of the tetrarchs, giving c. AD 303. Sitologoi were the village officials in charge of the public granary.
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.3.1078
διὰ σιτολόγων μετέβαλεν Παλήμων Πτολλᾶ ὑπὲρ γενήματος ιη ἔτους καὶ ιζ ἔτους καὶ ι ἔτους καὶ ιζ ἔτους καὶ ιϛ ἔτους καὶ θ ἔτους πυροῦ ὄνους δεκαπέντε, γίνονται ὄνοι ιε. ἔτους ιθ καὶ ιη καὶ ια Μεσορὴ γ ἕως θ.