Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor by Naas
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42174
Receipt for transport of grain from Karanis by donkey TM 42174probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century A.D. (April 30, 285 A.D.[?])
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Ostracon receipt recording that Naas son of Dioskoros transported four donkey-loads of grain from the harvest of years 1 and 8 of the village of Karanis, using the animals of Ptolemais. It is dated Year 1, Pachon 6, probably 30 April 285 AD.
In English machine translation
Of the produce of year 1 and year 8, of the village of Karanis, by the animals of Ptolemais, in the name of
Naas son of Dioskoros, four donkeys(-loads).
Year 1, Pachon 6.
The phrase 'by the animals of Ptolemais' probably refers to the pack animals of the village of Ptolemais (Hormou?) used for grain transport to the harbor. The reference to the crops of both year 1 and year 8 suggests a change of reign, consistent with the date of 285 AD.
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.1.405
γενήματος α ἔτους και η ἔτους κώμης Καρανίδος διὰ κτηνῶν Πτολεμαίδος ὀνόματος Ναᾶς Διοσκόρου ὄνους τέσσαρας . ἔτους α Παχὼν ϛ.