Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Palemon
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42246
Receipt for transport of grain by donkey from the granary of Karanis TM 42246probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptFebruary 18, 299 A.D.
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A transport receipt from the granary of the horiodeiktia of Karanis, issued under the grain officials (dekaprotoi) Severinus and Andriskos. It records one donkey-load of grain from the harvests of the 14th, 13th and 6th regnal years carried in the name of Palemon, dated 18 February 299 AD.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary district (horiodeiktia) of Karanis,
of the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andriskos,
produce of the 14th and 13th and 6th year, by
pack-animals, in the name of Palemon
son of Aunes(?), one donkey, total 1.
Year 15 and 14 and 7,
Mecheir 24.
The triple regnal year (15, 14 and 7) reflects the joint reign of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars. Horiodeiktia is a fiscal district term with no exact English equivalent; Aunes may be Palemon's father or a separate person.
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.1.471
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος δεκαπρώτων Σεουηρίνου καὶ Ἀνδρίσκου γενήματος ιδ ἔτους καὶ ιγ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους διὰ κτηνῶν ὀνόματος Παλήμονος Αὐνῆ ὄνον ἕνα, γίνεται α. ἔτους ιε καὶ ιδ καὶ ζ Μεχεὶρ κδ.