Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor by Horos
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42125
Receipt for barley transported by donkey from Karanis TM 42125probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording that Horos son of Amis loaded four donkeys with barley on behalf of the village of Karanis, credited in the name of Horos. It is dated Year 2, Tybi 14, in the late third century AD.
In English machine translation
Of the village of Karanis,
in the name of Horos.
Horos son of Amis:
I loaded 4 donkeys
of barley.
Year 2, Tybi 14.
The verb 'eisebalen' (here written eisebl-) refers to loading grain onto donkeys for transport, probably to a harbour. Receipts of this type documented the delivery of tax grain.
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.1.364
κώμης Καρανίδος ὀνόματος Ὥρου Ὁ͂ρος Ἀμῖτος ὄνους δ εἰσέβλην κριθῆς. ἔτους β Τῦβι ιδ.