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 42248
Receipt for one donkey-load of grain delivered in the name of Priscus TM 42248probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptFebruary 25, 299 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt from the granary of the Karanis district recording that one donkey-load of grain from the harvest of the 14th, 13th and 6th regnal years was delivered in the name of Priscus, using his own animals, under the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andriskos. It is dated Phamenoth 1 of year 15/14/7 (25 February 299), probably at Karanis.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary district (horiodeiktia) of Karanis.
Dekaprotoi Severinus and Andriskos.
Produce of year 14 and year 13 and year 6.
In the name of Priscus,
by means of the pack animals of the same,
one donkey, total 1.
Year 15 and 14 and 7,
Phamenoth
1.
The triple regnal years reflect the joint reigns of the Tetrarchs (Diocletian and Maximian, Constantius and Galerius). 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.1.473
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος δεκαπρώτων Σευηρίνου καὶ Ἀνδρίσκου γενήματος ιδ ἔτους καὶ ιγ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους ὀνόματος Πρίσκου διὰ κτηνῶν τοῦ αὐτοῦ ὄνον ἕνα, γίνεται α. ἔτους ιε καὶ ιδ καὶ ζ Φαμενὼθ α.