Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Neas
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42210
Receipt for grain transported by donkey from the granary of Karanis TM 42210probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMarch 29, 293 A.D.
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Receipt from the granary of Karanis, under the decaprotus Ptolemaios, for grain of years 8 and 7 credited to Nea daughter of Dioskoros and carried by 8 donkeys belonging to Kaminos. It is dated Pharmouthi 3 of year 9 and 8 (29 March 293).
In English machine translation
Granary of the village of Karanis, decaprotus Ptolemaios, produce of year 8 and year 7, in the name of Nea daughter of Dioskoros, through Kastor, by the animals of Kaminos, through Polion:
8 donkeys.
Year 9 and 8, Pharmouthi 3.
A decaprotus was one of the ten leading men responsible for collecting taxes in grain. The double regnal years refer to 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.1.438
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος δεκαπρώτου Πτολεμαίου γενήματος η ἔτους καὶ ζ ἔτους ὀνόματος Νεᾶς Διοσκόρου διὰ Κάστορος διὰ κτηνῶν Καμίνου διὰ Πωλίωνος ὄνους η. ἔτους ἐνάτου καὶ η Φαρμοῦθι γ.