Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Kastor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42198
Receipt for grain transported by donkey from the Karanis granary TM 42198probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptApril 15, 291 A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording that two donkeys belonging to Attinus, working through Areianos, carried grain of the 6th and 5th years from the granary of Karanis, credited in the name of the centurion Kastor and of Heras. It dates to 15 April 291 AD, probably at Karanis in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
Granary of the village of Karanis, produce of year 6 and year 5, by the animals of Attinus, through Areianos, in the name of Kastor, centurion, and Heras, two donkeys,
total 2 donkeys.
Year 7 and 6, Pharmouthi 20.
The double regnal year (7 and 6) refers to the joint reign of Diocletian and Maximian. Such receipts record the transport of tax grain from the village granary 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.1.427
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος ϛ ἔτους καὶ ε ἔτους διὰ κτηνῶν Ἀττίνου διὰ Ἀρειανοῦ ὀνόματος Κάστορος ἑκατοντάρχου καὶ Ἡρᾶ ὄνους δύο, γίνονται ὄνοι β. ἔτους ζ καὶ ϛ Φαρμοῦθι κ.