Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Ptolemaios
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42235
Receipt for one donkey-load of grain delivered to the granary of Karanis TM 42235probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJune 6, 298 A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording the delivery of one donkey-load of grain to the granary of Karanis, credited to Ptolemaios son of Demetrous, via Satabous and the donkey driver (?) Palemon. It dates to 6 June 298 AD, probably at Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Granary of the horiodeiktia of Karanis, produce of year 13 and year 12 and year 5, in the name of Ptolemaios, mother Demetrous, through Satabous, through Palemon: one donkey(-load),
total 1.
Pauni 12.
Horiodeiktia was a levy connected with boundary surveying of land, here apparently paid in grain; the regnal years 13, 12 and 5 reflect the joint reigns of the Tetrarchs.
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.1.461
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος γενήματος ιγ ἔτους καὶ ιβ ἔτους καὶ ε ἔτους ὀνόματος Πτολεμαίου μητρὸς Δημητροῦτος διὰ Σαταβοῦ διὰ Παλήμονος ὄνον ἕνα, γίνεται α. Παῦνι ιβ.