Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Heron
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42250
Receipt for grain delivered by donkey to the Karanis granary TM 42250probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJanuary 27[?], 299 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording that Heron son of Heron delivered grain from the harvests of regnal years 14, 13 and 6 to the granary of the boundary district of Karanis, using three of his own donkeys. It was issued probably at Karanis in the Fayum around the end of the 3rd century AD.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary district of Karanis, (produce) of year 14 and year 13 and year 6, by means of private animals, in the name of Heron son of Heron, for the period from the 30th to Pachon 2: three donkeys, total 3.
[Year 15 and 14] and 7,
[Pachon 2].
The triple regnal years reflect the joint reigns of the Tetrarchs (Diocletian, Maximian and their Caesars). The day and month given in the text (Pachon 2, i.e. late April) do not match the catalogue date of 27 January, which may reflect a different reading or restoration.
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.1.475
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος γενήματος ιδ ἔτους καὶ ιγ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους διὰ κτηνῶν ἰδίων ὀνόματος Ἥρωνος Ἥρωνος τῶν ἀπὸ λ ἕως Παχὼν β ὄνους τρεῖς, γίνονται γ. ἔτους ιε καὶ ιδ καὶ ζ Παχὼν β.