Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Ptolemaios and his son Peeous
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Receipt for six donkey-loads of grain delivered to the Karanis granary TM 42217probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptAugust 24, 293 A.D.
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Ostracon receipt recording delivery of six donkey-loads of grain from the harvests of years 7 and 8 to the granary of the Karanis district, in the name of Ptolemaios son of Kopres and Peeous, using animals of Attinos driven by Arianos. Dated 24 August 293, probably at Karanis.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary-district (horiodeiktia) of Karanis.
Of the produce of year 8 and year 7, in the name of Ptolemaios son of Kopres and Peeous, Ptolemaios delivering through Peeous, by the animals of Attinos through Arianos: six donkey-loads, total 6.
Year nine and 8 and 1, Mesore, intercalary day 1.
The regnal date 'year 9 and 8 and 1' refers to the joint reigns of Diocletian, Maximian and Constantius/Galerius. Horiodeiktia was a granary district defined by boundaries, with no exact English equivalent.
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.1.445
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος γενήματος η ἔτους καὶ ζ ἔτους ὀνόματος Πτολεμαίου Κοπρῆ καὶ Πεηοῦ, Πτολεμαίου ἀπεργαζομένου διὰ Πεηοῦ, διὰ κτηνῶν Ἀττίνου διὰ Ἀριανοῦ ὄνους ἕξ, γίνονται ϛ. ἔτους ἐνάτου καὶ η καὶ α Μεσορὴ ἐπαγομένων α.