List of Donkey-Drivers
List of donkey-drivers
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42101
List of donkey owners with numbers of donkeys TM 42101probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D.
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An ostracon listing ten people, each with a number (apparently of donkeys), totalling 16 donkeys, followed by the name of Neilos, chief of police. It dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD and probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
Aeion son of Papeeis, 1
Ariston son of Serenos, 3
Harpalos son of Harpaeies, 1
Atisis son of Paeianos, 2
Euhemeros, 1
Ouenaphris son of Aeion, 2
Ptollarion, 2
Sempronia, 2
Timotheos son of Valerius, 1
Isidoros son of Horos, 1
⟦through …⟧ donkeys 16
Neilos
chief of police
The numbers add up to the stated total of 16 donkeys; the list may record animals supplied for transport under the authority of the archephodos, a village police chief. A deleted word before the total seems to have begun 'through'.
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-Drivers). 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.1.342
Ἀειῶν Παπέειτος α Ἀρίστων Σερήνου γ Ἅρπαλος Ἁρπαειὲς α Ἀτῖσις Παειάνου β Εὐήμερος α Οὐενᾶφρις Ἀειώνεως β Πτολλαρίων β Σεμπρωνία β Τιμόθεως Οὐαλερίου α Ἰσίδωρος Ὥρου α ὄνοι ιϛ Νεῖλος ἀρχέφοδος