Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor by Palemon, in the name of Neas
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42120
Receipt for grain transported by donkey from the Karanis granary TM 42120probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording the transport of grain from the granary of Karanis, credited to Neas son of Dioskoros, carried on 15 of his own donkeys by the driver Palemon. It is dated Phaophi 1 of a regnal year 1, in the late 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
[From the granary of the village of Karanis, of the produce of] […] [year],
[in the name of Neas son of Dios]koros,
by means of his own pack animals, through
Palemon, donkeys
15.
Year 1, Phaophi 1.
The opening line and the name Neas son of Dioskoros are largely restored from parallel receipts of this type. The destination harbor is not preserved.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Transport of Grain). 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.1.360
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος[…]ἔτους ὀνόματος Νεᾶς Διοσκόρου διὰ κτηνῶν ἰδίων διὰ Παλήμονος ὄνους δεκαπέντε. ἔτους α Φαῶφι α.