List of donkey drivers and caravans TM 30540probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D.

An ostracon from Karanis listing donkey drivers, one of them marked as kephalaiotes (head of a group or caravan). It dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.

In English machine translation

The kephalaiotes was the head or leader of a group, here probably of a donkey caravan. The marginal entries with the figure 1 may count animals or persons.

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. 1. List of Donkey Drivers and 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.