Report of Chaff Collectors
A report of chaff and hay delivered by Seuthes and Isidorus, chaff collectors of Karanis in 310/311.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 10347
List of donkey caravan deliveries with surplus measures TM 10347Kom Aushim (Karanis)Feb. 19th 314 A.D.
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An account from Karanis listing, day by day over several months, deliveries carried by donkey caravans under named drivers (Kopres, Neas, Harpalos, Isidoros, Antonios and others), giving numbers of donkeys or sacks and surplus measures in modii. The last section records shipments at the harbour of Kerke, with amounts in artabas.
In English machine translation
[column 1]
[…]…
[…]… through …ou and Antonios, 23 donkeys, extra […] modii
21, through Kopres and Neas
32 donkeys, extra 9 modii
22, through Harpalos
24 donkeys, extra 20 modii
25, through Isidoros
15 donkeys, extra 15 modii
27, through Kopres
22 donkeys, extra 10 modii
29, through Kopres
23 donkeys, extra 9 modii
Phaophi 1, through Harpalos
33 donkeys, extra 8 modii
3, through Kasianos
36 donkeys, extra 8 modii
6, through Neas
35 donkeys, extra 8 modii
8, through Isidoros
32 donkeys, extra 9 modii
9, through Harpalos, 34 donkeys, extra 23
10, through Kopres
17 donkeys, extra 16 modii
11, through Neas
31 donkeys, extra 20 modii
13, through Antonios
19 donkeys, extra 27 modii
[column 2]
15, through Harpalos, 29 donkeys, extra […] modii
17, through Kopres, 33 donkeys, extra 9 modii
19, through Isidoros, 27 donkeys, extra 9 modii
21, through Antonios, 31 donkeys, extra 12 modii
23, through Kastor son of Neas, 2… donkeys, extra 17 modii
26, through Harpalos, 29 donkeys, extra 3 modii
28, through Kopres, […] sacks, extra 14 modii
30, through Isidoros, […]… sacks, extra 7 modii
Hathyr
2, through Moros and Sarapion, 14 sacks, extra 12 modii
5, through Antonios, […] sacks, extra 7 modii
7, through Kasianos, 3… sacks, extra 23 modii
9, through Neas, […] sacks, extra 8 modii
11, through Harpalos, […] sacks, extra 12 modii
1… through Antonios, 3[…] sacks, extra 11 modii
28, through Isidoros, 8 sacks, extra 22 modii
[column 3]
And at the harbour of Kerke:
Mecheir 27, through Antonios, 11 sacks, 34 1/2 artabas
(hundredths) 4, 10 modii, extra 24 modii
29, through Neas, 13 sacks, [(hundredths) 4], [10] modii
extra 31 modii, 41 2/3 artabas
Phamenoth 1, through Harpalos, 10 sacks
(hundredths) 4, 10 modii, extra 24 modii
31 1/2 1/4 artabas
The word rendered "extra" (pleio) marks a surplus in modii beyond the standard load; the "hundredths" seem to be a percentage surcharge. One record dates the text to AD 314 and describes it as a chaff collectors' report.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of Donkey Caravans). 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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