Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of the veteran Chairemon
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42237
Receipt for three sacks of grain from the veteran Chairemon TM 42237probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptOctober 24, 298 A.D.
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A receipt from the village granary of Karanis recording three sacks of grain delivered in the name of the veteran Chairemon, from the harvest of the regnal years 14, 13 and 6. It is dated 24 October 298 AD, under the joint reigns of the Tetrarchs.
In English machine translation
Granary of the village of Karanis, of the produce of the 14th year and 13th year and 6th year,
by divine ordinance, in the name of Chairemon, veteran, three sacks, total 3.
Year 15 and 14 and 7, Phaophi 27.
The triple regnal years (15, 14 and 7) refer to the co-emperors Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars. "Divine ordinance" (theia diatyposis) refers to the imperial tax regulation under which the grain was levied.
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.1.463
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος ιδ ἔτους καὶ ιγ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους θείας διατυπώσεως ὀνόματος Χαιρήμονος οὐετρανοῦ σάκκους τρεῖς, γίνονται γ. ἔτους ιε καὶ ιδ καὶ ζ Φαῶφι κζ.