Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Sarapammon
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42247
Receipt for a donkey-load of grain delivered to the Karanis granary TM 42247probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptFebruary 22, 299 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt from the granary of Karanis recording that one donkey-load of grain from the harvest of years 14, 13 and 6 was delivered in the name of Sarapammon, brother of Chairemon, using his own animals. It was issued under the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andriskos on 22 February 299.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary district of Karanis, of the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andriskos.
Of the produce of the 14th and 13th and 6th year, in the name of Sarapammon, brother of Chairemon, by means of the animals of the same: one donkey(-load), total 1.
Year 15 and 14 and 7, Mecheir 28.
The triple regnal years refer to 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.1.472
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος δεκαπρώτων Σευηρίνου καὶ Ἀνδρίσκου γενήματος ιδ ἔτους καὶ ιγ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους ὀνόματος Σαραπάμμωνος ἀδελφοῦ Χαιρήμονος διὰ κτηνῶν τοῦ αὐτοῦ ὄνον ἕνα, γίνεται α. ἔτους ιε καὶ ιδ καὶ ζ Μεχὶρ κη.