Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Ptolemaios
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42202
Receipt for grain transported by donkeys from the Karanis granary TM 42202probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMay 14, 292 A.D.
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Ostracon receipt from the granary of Karanis recording delivery of grain from the harvests of years 6 and 7, credited to Ptolemaios son of Kopres and carried by 9 donkeys from Philadelphia under Amaeis. It is dated 14 May 292 AD, under the joint reign of Diocletian and Maximian.
In English machine translation
Granary of the village of Karanis, Ptolemaios, former hypomnematographos, being dekaprotos. Produce of year 7 and year 6, in the name of Ptolemaios son of Kopres, through Pieus, by means of the pack animals of Philadelphia, through Amaeis: 9 donkeys. Year 8 and 7, Pachon 19.
The dekaprotoi were liturgical officials responsible for tax collection; Ptolemaios held this office and had formerly served as hypomnematographos. The double regnal year (8 and 7) reflects the joint reign of Diocletian and Maximian.
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.1.430
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος δεκαπρώτου Πτολεμαίου ὑπομνηματογραφήσαντος γενήματος ζ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους ὀνόματος Πτολεμαίου Κοπρῆ διὰ Πιηοῦ διὰ κτηνῶν Φιλαδελφείας διὰ Ἀμάει ὄνους θ. ἔτους η καὶ ζ Παχὼν ιθ.