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 42226
Receipt for grain transported by public donkeys to the granary of Karanis TM 42226probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptApril 23, 295 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording that three public donkeys carried grain from the harvest of the regnal years 10, 9 and 2, delivered to the granary of the Karanis boundary district. The grain was credited to Ammonios son of Papeeis and brought by Ammonios and Heron. It is dated Pharmouthi 28 of years 11, 10 and 3, that is 23 April 295, probably at Karanis.
In English machine translation
To the granary of the boundary district of Karanis.
Of the produce of the 10th and 9th and 2nd year,
in the name of Ammonios son of Papeeis,
through Ammonios and Heron,
by public animals, donkeys
three, total 3.
Year 11 and 10 and 3,
Pharmouthi 28.
The triple regnal years refer to the joint reign of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars. 'Horiodeiktia' denotes a boundary district attached to a village granary; the exact sense is debated.
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.1.453
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος γενήματος ι ἔτους καὶ ἐνάτου καὶ β ἔτους ὀνόματος Ἀμμωνίου Παπέει διὰ Ἀμμωνίου καὶ Ἥρωνος διὰ κτηνῶν δημοσίων ὄνους τρεῖς, γίνονται γ. ἔτους ια καὶ ι καὶ γ Φαρμοῦθι κη.