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 42187
Receipt for donkey transport of grain from the Karanis granary TM 42187probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptDecember 288/January 289 A.D.
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Ostracon receipt from the granary of Karanis recording that eight donkey-loads of grain from the harvest of years 4 and 3 were delivered in the name of Naas son of Dioskoros, carried by animals of Kaminos through Polion. It dates to Tybi of year 5 and 4, i.e. December 288/January 289.
In English machine translation
Granary of the village of Karanis.
Of the produce of year 4 and year 3.
Naas son of Dioskoros,
by the donkeys of Kaminos (?),
through Polion:
8 donkeys, total 8.
Year 5 and 4, Tybi […].
The double regnal years refer to the joint reign of Diocletian and Maximian. 'Kaminos' may be a personal name or a place name ("Kiln"); the day in Tybi is illegible.
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.1.417
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος δ ἔτους καὶ γ ἔτους Ναᾶς Διοσκόρου διὰ κτηνῶν Καμίνου διὰ Πωλίωνος ὄνους ὀκτώ, γίνονται η. ἔτους ε καὶ δ Τῦβι ….