Your Day in the Ancient Greek World

February 16

February 16 in ancient Greece is represented in our source-audited archive by one verified record dated AD 299. The entry below connects this calendar date with its surviving historical evidence and context.

Across the centuries

On This Day

  1. AD 299

    Life on This Day

    Karanis, Roman Egypt Economy & Trade High

    Three Donkeys Are Credited Toward Grain Transport

    On February 16, AD 299, an ostracon probably from Karanis recorded a grain-transport contribution in the name of Ptollas. The receipt credits a total contribution of three donkeys toward moving grain to a harbor.

    Sources

    Primary evidence

    • O.Mich. I 469 = O.Mich. inv. 9061

    Modern scholarship

    • University of Michigan APIS

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