Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Peeous
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42193
Receipt for grain transported by donkey from the granary of Karanis TM 42193probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMarch 15, 290 A.D.
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Ostracon receipt from the granary of Karanis recording grain from the harvests of years 5 and 4, credited to Peeous son of Agrippinos and transported by donkey. The load came to 7 1/2 donkey-loads, carried on animals of Dinnis led by the donkey-driver Abok, and is dated 15 March 290.
In English machine translation
Granary of the village of Karanis.
Of the produce of year 5 and year 4.
Peeous son of Agrippinos,
through Palladas and Sarapion, by the animals of Dinnis, through Abok
donkey-driver: donkeys seven and a half, total 7 1/2 donkeys.
Year 6 and 5, Phamenoth 19.
The double regnal years (years 5 and 4, years 6 and 5) reflect the joint reign of Diocletian and Maximian. 'Donkeys' here means donkey-loads, the unit of transport.
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.1.422
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος ε ἔτους καὶ δ ἔτους Πεηοῦς Ἀγριππίνου διὰ Παλλάδου καὶ Σαραπίωνος διὰ κτηνῶν Δίννεως διὰ Ἀβὸκ ὀνηλάτου ὄνους ἑπτὰ ἥμισυ, γίνονται ὄνοι ζ 𐅵. ἔτους ϛ καὶ ε Φαμενὼθ ιθ.