Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor by Manes and his sister
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42152
Receipt for transport of 13 sacks of grain by pack animals TM 42152probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century A.D.
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Short ostracon receipt recording the delivery of 13 sacks of grain from the harvest of year 4, credited to Manes son of Maron and his sister Heroïs, carried by the pack animals of Salakon and Didas. It is dated Mecheir 5 of year 5 and probably comes from Karanis in the late 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Of the produce of year 4,
in the name of Manes son of Maron and Heroïs his sister,
13 sacks, by the pack animals of Salakon
and Didas.
Year 5, Mecheir
5.
Receipts of this type record grain carried by donkeys, probably to a harbor for shipment. The destination is not named in the text.
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.1.389
γενήματος δ ἔτους ὀνόματος Μάνη Μάρωνος καὶ Ἡρωίδος ἀδελφῆς σάκκους ιγ διὰ κτηνῶν Σαλακῶνος καὶ Διδᾶ. ἔτους ε Μεχεὶρ ε.