Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor by a slave, Syros
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42173
Receipt for transport of grain by camel from the granary of Karanis TM 42173probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptApril 30, 276 A.D. (or 283 A.D.)
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Ostracon receipt recording that Syros, a slave of Horion, transported three sacks of grain from the year-6 harvest out of the Karanis granary by camel. It is dated Year 1, Pachon 5 (30 April 276 or 283).
In English machine translation
Syros, slave of Horion, (has delivered) of the produce of year 6, from the granary of Karanis, by camels, three sacks. Year 1, Pachon 5.
The regnal year is not tied to a named emperor, so the date may be either 276 or 283. Such receipts usually record grain carried from the village granary to a Nile harbour, here not named.
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.1.404
Σύρος δοῦλος Ὡρίωνος γενήματος ϛ ἔτους θησαυροῦ Καρανίδος διὰ καμήλων σάκκους τρεῖς . ἔτους α Παχὼν ε.