Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Heron
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42230
Receipt for two sacks of grain delivered by donkey for Heron son of Panesas TM 42230probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptDecember 27, 296 A.D.
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Ostracon receipt recording delivery by donkey of two sacks of grain to the granary of Karanis, credited to Heron son of Panesas. It is dated Tybi 1 of the joint regnal years 13, 12 and 5 (27 December 296 AD).
In English machine translation
(Delivered to) the granary of the village of Karanis,
produce of year 12 and year 11 and year 4,
in the name of Heron son of Panesas,
by pack animals two sacks,
total 2 donkeys.
Year 13 and 12 and 5,
Tybi 1.
The triple regnal years refer to the joint reigns of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars of the Tetrarchy. The name of the granary's village is restored in the first line.
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.1.457
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος ιβ ἔτους καὶια ἔτους καὶ δ ἔτους ὀνόματος Ἥρωνος Πανεσάτου διὰ κτηνῶν σάκκους δύο, γίνονται ὄνοι β. ἔτους ιγ καὶ ιβ καὶ ε Τῦβι α.