Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Ammonios
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42219
Receipt for six sacks delivered to the granary of Karanis TM 42219probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century A.D. (April 6, 277 or 284 A.D.[?])
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A short ostracon receipt recording the delivery of six sacks (of grain) to the granary of Karanis, under the dekaprotos Heron, credited to Ammonios. It is dated Year 10, Pharmouthi 11, probably 6 April 277 or 284 AD.
In English machine translation
Granary of Karanis, of the dekaprotos Heron.
In the name of Ammonios son of Papeeis (?):
six sacks, total 6.
Year 10, Pharmouthi 11.
A dekaprotos was a municipal official responsible for collecting grain taxes. The regnal year 10 could belong to either of two reigns, hence the alternative dates.
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.1.447
θησαυροῦ Καρανίδος δεκαπρώτου Ἥρωνος ὀνόματος Ἀμμωνίου Παπέει σάκκους ἕξ, γίνονται ϛ. ἔτους ι Φαρμοῦθι ια.