O.Skeat 1 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
O.Skeat 1
Processing Number
1182
Section/Side
Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso is blank
Connections
-
Material
Ost
Size
6.5 x 6.7 cm.
Items
1
Lines
1-4
Mounted
No
Negative
No
Conservation Status
This brown-reddish ostracon appears more or less complete though with a round left edge. Loss of text, however, does not appear to be caused by a break in the ostracon.
Palaeographic Description
Rather quick and practiced semicursive Letters missing at the left edge appear to have rubbed off.
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
299/300 A.D.
Origin
Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
Provenance
Thebes, Thebais, Upper Egypt, province of Egypt
Acquisition
purchased (at Luxor) in November 1933 by T. C. Skeat and donated in 1948 to the University of Michigan
Language
Greek
Genre
documentary
Author
unknown
Type of Text/Title of Work
receipt
Content
this ostracon contains a receipt for transportation of grain on a donkey
Persons
Akes, son of Aunes,
Abok, son of Melas
Geographica
Karanis
Translation
"In the granary of Karanis year 15 through Akes, son of Aunes . . . Abok, son of Melas, one donkey, in total 1 donkey."

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
TAPA 81 Youtie HC 1950 101-2 SB VI 9111 Youtie HC, TAPA 81, 101-2, 1950 -- SB VI 9111
Scriptiunculae I H C Youtie 1973 214-215 H C Youtie, Scriptiunculae I, 214-215, 1973

Cataloging

Cataloger
TC
Year Begin
299
Year End
300

Technical Details

Record
1182
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1182/o_sk1r.tif

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"O.Skeat 1; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1182/o_sk1r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 25, 2025.
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