Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor by Ammonios
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42151
Receipt for transport of 4 sacks of grain by Ammonios son of Papeeis TM 42151probably Kerkesoucha, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptNovember 7, 279 A.D.
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A short receipt on a potsherd recording that Ammonios son of Papeeis, of Karanis, delivered 4 sacks of grain from the year 4 harvest, carried by pack animals from Narmouthis. The grain came from the boundary district of Kerkesoucha, and the receipt is dated 7 November AD 279 in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Of the produce of year 4, of the boundary district of Kerkesoucha, for those from Karanis, Ammonios son of Papeeis, by the animals of Narmouthis: 4 sacks, total 4 sacks. Year 5, Hathyr 10.
Horiodeiktia refers to a boundary or land-survey district; here it designates the Kerkesoucha lands farmed by people from Karanis. 'By the animals of Narmouthis' may refer to donkeys belonging to a person or village named Narmouthis.
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.1.388
γενήματος δ ἔτους ὁριοδεικτίας Κερκεσούχων τῶν ἀπὸ Καρανίδος Ἀμμώνιος Παπέειτος διὰ κτηνῶν Ναρμούθεως σάκκους τέσσαρας, γίνονται σάκκοι δ. ἔτους ε Ἁθὺρ ι.