Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Neilos
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42216
Receipt for a donkey-load of grain carried by public animals, Karanis TM 42216probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptAugust 21, 293 A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt from the village granary of Karanis recording one donkey-load of grain from the harvests of years 7 and 8, credited to Neilos and delivered through Antoninus with public transport animals. It is dated 21 August 293.
In English machine translation
Granary of the village of the boundary district of Karanis.
Produce of year 8 and year 7, in the name of Neilos son of Kasianos (?), through Antoninus, by means of public animals, through Agath[…]: one donkey(-load), total 1.
Year 9 and 8 and 1, Mesore 28.
The regnal date 'year 9 and 8 and 1' reflects the joint reigns of Diocletian, Maximian and Constantius (Galerius). 'Horiodeiktia' denotes the boundary district attached to the village; the name of the agent Agath[…] is abbreviated.
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.1.444
θησαυροῦ κώμης ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος γενήματος η ἔτους καὶ ζ ἔτους ὀνόματος Νείλου Κασιανοῦ διὰ Ἀντωνείνου διὰ δημοσίων κτηνῶν διὰ Ἀγαθ ὄνον ἕνα, γίνεται α. ἔτους θ καὶ η καὶ α Μεσορὴ κη.