Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Naas
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42175
Receipt for grain transported by donkeys from the Karanis granary TM 42175probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century A.D. (May 285 A.D.[?])
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Ostracon receipt recording the delivery by two donkeys belonging to Hermenides, driven by Paias, of grain from the granary of Karanis, credited to Naas son of Dioskoros. It dates to year 1, Thoth 9, probably in the later 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Of the produce of year 1, granary of the village of Karanis.
By the animals of Hermenides, through Paias,
in the name of Naas son of Dioskoros, 2 donkeys,
total 2. Year 1, Thoth 9.
The catalogue gives May 285 AD as a tentative date, but Thoth falls in September, so that equivalence is doubtful. Such receipts record grain carried from village granaries to a harbour for shipment.
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.1.406
γενήματος α ἔτους θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος διὰ κτηνῶν Ἑρμενίδου διὰ Παιᾶς ὀνόματος Ναᾶς Διοσκόρου ὄνους β, γίνονται β. ἔτους α Θὼθ θ.