Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Ptolemaios and of Valeria Antonia
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42195
Receipt for donkey-loads of grain delivered to the Karanis granary TM 42195probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJanuary 19, 291 A.D.
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A short receipt from the village granary of Karanis recording deliveries of grain from the harvest of the 6th and 5th regnal years. Ptolemaios son of Kopres, through his agent Peeus, sent 2 donkey-loads, and 5 more were sent in the name of Valeria Antonia, 7 donkey-loads in all, dated 19 January 291.
In English machine translation
Granary of the village of Karanis, produce of year 6 and year 5. Ptolemaios son of Kopres, through Peeus, 2 donkeys;
and in the name of Valeria Antonia, 5 donkeys. Total 7 donkeys.
Year 7 and 6, Tybi 24.
The double regnal years ("year 7 and 6") reflect the joint reign of Diocletian and Maximian. Quantities are counted in donkey-loads rather than in measures of grain.
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.1.424
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος ϛ ἔτους καὶ ε ἔτους Πτολεμαῖος Κοπρῆ διὰ Πεεῦτος ὄνους δύο · καὶ ὀνόματος Οὐαλερίας Ἀντωνίας ὄνους πέντε . γίνονται ὄνοι ζ. ἔτους ζ καὶ ϛ Τῦβι κδ.