Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Ptolemaios and of Valeria Antonia
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42213
Granary receipt for grain transported by donkeys from Karanis TM 42213probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMarch 29, 293 A.D.
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A receipt from the village granary of Karanis, under the dekaprotos Ptolemaios, recording grain from the harvests of years 7 and 8 delivered in the name of Ptolemaios son of Kopres and Valeria Antonia. The grain was carried by 11 donkeys belonging to Magais, through the agents Peeous and Zosimos. It is dated 29 March 293 AD.
In English machine translation
Granary of the village of Karanis, dekaprotos Ptolemaios.
Of the produce of year 8 and year 7, in the name of Ptolemaios son of Kopres and of Valeria Antonia, through Peeous, by the animals of Magais, through Zosimos: 11 donkeys.
Year 9 and 8, Pharmouthi 3.
A dekaprotos was a municipal official responsible for collecting grain taxes. The double regnal year (9 and 8) refers 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.1.440
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος δεκαπρώτου Πτολεμαίου γενήματος η ἔτους καὶ ζ ἔτους ὀνόματος Πτολεμαίου Κοπρῆ καὶ Οὐαλερίας Ἀντωνίας διὰ Πεηοῦ διὰ κτηνῶν Μαγαίδος διὰ Ζωσίμου ὄνους ια. ἔτους ἐνάτου καὶ η Φαρμοῦθι γ.