List of Donkey-Drivers
List of donkey-drivers
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42106
List of donkey-drivers and donkeys supplied TM 42106probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D.
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An ostracon listing men, probably donkey-drivers or donkey owners, with the number of donkeys each supplied, totalled in groups of ten. Among them is a veteran, Apollonios, with his brothers. It probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum, late 3rd or early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
[column 1]
Souchis son of Amoules
Amoules
Heron son of Aponeus
Abaous
Demetrios
Paulos son of Isidoros
Didymos son of Demetrios
Kastor son of Neas, donkeys 10
public (donkey) of the citizens (?)
Saras son of Harpaleies
Syrion son of Sotas
Komon son of Kallonios
Patisis son of Isidoros
Herakles son of Pathermouthis
Paesis his brother
[column 2]
[…]
Arabikos
Apollonios, veteran,
and his brothers, donkeys 2
Ptollarion 1
Pemes son of Hermeias 1
Ammonas 1
Kastor son of Turbo 1
Valerius son of Ptolemaios 1
Aion son of Germanos
Palenis
Cassianus
donkeys 10
The abbreviated line read as 'public (donkey) of the citizens' is uncertain in meaning. The donkeys may have been requisitioned for public transport service.
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.1.347
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