Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Aion
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42208
Receipt for donkey transport of grain to the granary of Karanis TM 42208probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJanuary 26, 293 A.D.
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Receipt for delivery of grain to the granary of the boundary district of Karanis, credited to Aion son of Amos. It records five donkey-loads brought by the transport animals of Philadelphia through Amaeis, dated Mecheir 1 of regnal years 9 and 8 (AD 293).
In English machine translation
To the granary of the boundary district (horiodeiktia) of Karanis,
of the produce of year 8 and year 7, in the name of Aion son of Amos, by the animals of Philadelphia, through Amaeis,
5 donkeys, total 5 donkeys.
Year 9 and year 8,
Mecheir 1.
The double regnal years (9 and 8; 8 and 7) reflect the joint reign of Diocletian and Maximian. Horiodeiktia was the term for the boundary-marked district of a village's lands; the catalogue speaks of transport to an unknown harbor.
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.1.436
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος γενήματος η ἔτους καὶ ζ ἔτους ὀνόματος Ἀιῶνος Ἀμω διὰ κτηνῶν Φιλαδελφείας διὰ Ἀμάει ὄνους πέντε, γίνονται ὄνοι ε. ἐνάτου ἔτους καὶ η ἔτους Μεχεὶρ α.