Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Sarapion
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42249
Receipt for grain delivered by donkey to the granary of Karanis TM 42249probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptFebruary 27, 299 A.D.
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A receipt issued at the granary of the Karanis district under the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andriskos, recording four donkey-loads of grain from the harvest of the regnal years 14, 13 and 6, delivered in the name of Sarapion son of Makrinos. It is dated Phamenoth 3 of years 15, 14 and 7, that is 27 February 299, probably at Karanis.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary district of Karanis, the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andriskos.
Of the produce of year 14 and year 13 and year 6, in the name of Sarapion son of Makrinos, by the donkeys of the same (?), from no. 1 to no. 3, four donkeys, total 4.
Year 15 and 14 and 7, Phamenoth 3.
The triple year numbers reflect the joint regnal years of the Tetrarchy (Diocletian and Maximian, then Constantius and Galerius). Dekaprotoi were local officials responsible for collecting grain taxes; 'horiodeiktia' denotes the boundary district served by the granary.
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.1.474
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος δεκαπρώτων Σευηρίνου καὶ Ἀνδρίσκου γενήματος ιδ ἔτους καὶ ιγ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους ὀνόματος Σαραπίωνος Μακρίνου διὰ κτηνῶν τοῦ αὐτοῦ τῶν ἀπὸ α ἕως γ ὄνους τέσσαρας, γίνονται δ. ἔτους ιε καὶ ιδ καὶ ζ Φαμενὼθ γ.