Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Manes
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42231
Receipt for transport of grain by donkeys from the Karanis granary TM 42231probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJanuary 30, 267 A.D.[?]
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An ostracon receipt from the granary of Karanis recording that eleven donkey-loads of grain from the harvest of year 13, credited to Pemes son of Kyrillos, were transported by the donkey-drivers of Narmouthis through Manes son of Maron. It is dated Mecheir 5 of year 14, probably 30 January 267.
In English machine translation
Granary of Karanis, produce of year 13: Pemes son of Kyrillos, by the donkeys of Narmouthis, through Manes son of Maron, eleven donkey-loads, total 11.
Year 14, Mecheir 5.
'Donkeys of Narmouthis' refers to the transport service of that village, which carried state grain from the granary toward the harbour. The counted unit is the donkey-load.
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.1.458
θησαυροῦ Καρανίδος γενήματος ιγ ἔτους Πεμὲς Κυρίλλου διὰ κτηνῶν Ναρμούθεως διὰ Μάνης Μάρωνος ὄνους ἕνδεκα, γίνονται ια. ἔτους ιδ Μεχεὶρ ε.