Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Leein
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42241
Receipt for grain delivered by donkey to the granary of Karanis TM 42241probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJanuary 25, 299 A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording that two privately owned donkeys delivered grain to the granary of the Karanis district under the dekaprotos Severinus, credited to Leein and brought by Panesas. It dates to 25 January AD 299, probably at Karanis.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary district (horiodeiktia) of Karanis, of the dekaprotos Severinus.
Of the produce of year 14 and year 13 and year 6,
by means of private animals, in the name of
Leein son of Ba..., through Panesas,
two donkeys, total 2.
Year 15 and 14 and 7,
Tybi 30.
The triple regnal years reflect the joint reigns of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars. The dekaprotoi were liturgical officials responsible for collecting grain taxes; the father's name of Leein is abbreviated and uncertain.
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.1.467
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος δεκαπρώτου Σεουηρίνου γενήματος ιδ ἔτους καὶ ιγ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους διὰ ἰδίων κτηνῶν ὀνόματος Λήειν Βα διὰ Πανησάτου ὄνους δύο, γίνονται β. ἔτους ιε καὶ ιδ καὶ ζ Τῦβι λ.