Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Priscus
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42245
Receipt for donkey transport of grain from the granary of Karanis TM 42245probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptFebruary 17, 299 A.D.
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A receipt issued at the granary of Karanis under the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andriskos, recording that two donkeys belonging to Priscus son of Eudaimon carried grain between 21 and 23 Mecheir. It dates to 17 February 299, in the joint reign of the tetrarchs.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary district (horiodeiktia) of Karanis.
Dekaprotoi Severinus and Andriskos.
Of the produce of year 14 and year 13 and year 6, in the name of Priscus son of Eudaimon, by means of the animals of the same, from Mecheir 21 to 23, two donkeys, total 2.
Year 15 and 14 and 7, Mecheir 23.
The triple regnal year (15, 14 and 7) reflects the joint reigns of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars. The dekaprotoi were local officials responsible for collecting grain taxes.
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.1.470
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος δεκαπρώτων Σευηρίνου καὶ Ἀνδρίσκου γενήματος ιδ ἔτους καὶ ιγ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους ὀνόματος Πρίσκου Εὐδαίμονος διὰ κτηνῶν τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ Μεχὶρ κα ἕως κγ ὄνους δύο, γίνονται β. ἔτους ιε καὶ ιδ καὶ ζ Μεχὶρ κγ.