Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Ammonios
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42206
Receipt for grain delivered by donkey to the village granary TM 42206probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptDecember 7, 292 A.D.
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A receipt for grain from the harvests of years 6 and 7, credited to Ammonios son of Papeeis and delivered to the village granary under the dekaprotos Dionysion. The load came on five donkeys belonging to Tamelas, driven by Aunes. It was written on 7 December 292, probably at Karanis.
In English machine translation
To the granary of the village, of the dekaprotos Dionysion, of the produce of year 7 and year 6,
in the name of Ammonios son of Papeeis,
by the animals of Tamelas, through Aunes, donkey-driver, five donkeys,
total 5 donkeys.
Year 9 and 8, Choiak 11.
A dekaprotos was a local official responsible for collecting grain taxes. The double regnal years (9 and 8) are those of the joint emperors 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.1.434
θησαυροῦ κώμης δεκαπρώτου Διονυσίωνος γενήματος ζ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους ὀνόματος Ἀμμωνίου Παπέειτος διὰ κτηνῶν Ταμέλανος διὰ Αὐνῆ ὀνηλάτου ὄνους πέντε, γίνονται ὄνοι ε. ἔτους θ καὶ η Χοίακ ια.