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 42197
Receipt for donkey transport of grain from the granary of Karanis TM 42197probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJanuary 23, 291 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt from the granary of the horiodeiktia of Karanis recording six donkey-loads of grain from the harvests of years 5 and 6, credited to the sack-carrier Peeous and carried by the animals of Dinnis through Hermes. It is dated 23 January 291 AD.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary district (horiodeiktia) of Karanis.
Of the produce of year 6 and year 5, in the name of Peeous, sack-carrier, by the animals of Dinnis, through Hermes: donkeys six, total 6 donkeys.
Year 7 and 6, Tybi 28.
The double regnal year (7 and 6) reflects the joint reign of Diocletian and Maximian. The horiodeiktia was a fiscal district whose granary handled grain 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.1.426
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος γενήματος ϛ ἔτους καὶ ε ἔτους ὀνόματος Πεηοῦ σακκοφόρου διὰ κτηνῶν Δίννεως διὰ Ἑρμέως ὄνους ἕξ, γίνονται ὄνοι ϛ. ἔτους ζ καὶ ϛ Τῦβι κη.