Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor by Herodianos
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42128
Receipt for grain transported by donkey from the granary of Karanis TM 42128probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century A.D.
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An ostracon receipt from the granary of Karanis recording that the veteran Herodianus delivered grain from the harvest of year 1 using five donkeys belonging to Ibion. It is dated Phamenoth 7 of year 2, in the late 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Granary of Karanis, boundary-district (?) of the produce of year 1.
Herodianus, veteran, by the animals of Ibion […], donkeys five, total 5.
Year 2, Phamenoth 7.
The abbreviation ὁρι(οδεικτίας) refers to a fiscal district of boundary-marked land in Karanis; the sequence 'Αξ' after Ibion's name is unexplained in the edition. The receipt was likely issued for transport of grain to a harbor.
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.1.367
θησαυροῦ Καρανίδος ὁριοδεικτίας γενήματος α ἔτους Ἡρωδιανὸς οὐετρανὸς διὰ κτηνῶν Ἰβιῶνος Αξ ὄνους πέντε, γίνονται ε. ἔτους β Φαμενὼθ ζ.