Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor by Apynchis
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42162
Receipt of the sitologoi of Karanis for six sacks of grain from Apynchis TM 42162probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century A.D. (February 12, 243 A.D.[?])
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An ostracon receipt recording that Apynchis son of Kopres delivered six sacks of grain from the crop of year 5 to the granary officials (sitologoi) of the Karanis boundary district. It is dated Mecheir 17, probably 12 February 243 AD, and comes probably from Karanis.
In English machine translation
(Paid to the) sitologoi of the boundary district (horiodeiktia) of Karanis,
from the crop of year 5, Apynchis son of Kopres has transferred 6 sacks
through […]pos
son of Antinoos (?). Mecheir 17.
Horiodeiktia refers to a district defined by boundary markers, used here to identify the granary administration. The year 5 is linked only tentatively to AD 243.
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.1.397
σιτολόγων ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος γενήματος ε ἔτους μετέβαλεν Ἀπύγχις Κοπρῆ σάκκους ἓξ διὰ […]που Ἀντινόου. Μεχὶρ ιζ.