Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor by Horos
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42139
Receipt for transport of 2 sacks of grain by Horos son of Ameis TM 42139probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording that Horos son of Ameis delivered 2 sacks of grain from the harvest of year 2 of Karanis, carried by his own pack animals. It is dated Pharmouthi 25 of year 3, in the late 3rd century AD, probably at Karanis in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
Of the produce of year 2, (from) Karanis.
Horos son of Ameis, by means of his own animals, 2 sacks.
Year 3, Pharmouthi 25.
Such receipts record grain carried from the village threshing floors to a harbor for shipment; the destination harbor is not named here.
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.1.377
γενήματος β ἔτους Καρανίδος Ὧρος Ἀμεῖτος διὰ κτηνῶν ἰδίων σάκκους β. ἔτους γ Φαρμοῦθι κε.