Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor by Manes
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42141
Receipt for transport of five sacks of grain for the horiodeiktia of Karanis TM 42141probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century A.D. (before Diocletian)
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An ostracon receipt recording that Manes son of Maron delivered five sacks of grain from the harvest of year 2, carried by the pack animals of Dinnis, under the horiodeiktia charge of Karanis. It is dated in year 3, in the month Pauni, and comes probably from Karanis in the Fayum, late 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Of the produce of year 2, for the boundary-survey (horiodeiktia) of Karanis: Manes son of Maron, by the animals of Dinnis, 5 sacks, total 5. Year 3, Pauni […]
Horiodeiktia was a levy in grain connected with the survey or marking of field boundaries; it has no exact English equivalent. The day of the month is lost.
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.1.379
γενήματος β ἔτους ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος Μάνης Μάρωνος διὰ κτηνῶν Δίννεως σάκκους πέντε, γίνονται ε. ἔτους γ Παῦνι […]