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 42254
Receipt for eight donkey-loads of grain delivered to the granary by Heron TM 42254probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptSeptember 30, 299 A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording that eight donkey-loads of grain from the harvests of regnal years 15, 14 and 7 were delivered to the granary, credited to Heron son of Chairemon, under the dekaprotoi Horion and Philotas. It dates to late September 299 AD, probably at Karanis in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary district (horiodeiktia), produce of the 15th year and 14th year and 7th year, dekaprotoi Horion and Philotas, in the name of Heron son of Chairemon: donkeys eight, total 8. Year 16 and 15 and 8, Phaophi 2(?).
The triple regnal years reflect the joint reigns of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars. Dekaprotoi were local officials responsible for tax collection, and the abbreviation read as horiodeiktia is uncertain.
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.1.478
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας γενήματος ιε ἔτους καὶ ιδ ἔτους καὶ ζ ἔτους δεκαπρώτων Ὡρίωνος καὶ Φιλώτα ὀνόματος Ἥρωνος Χαιρήμωνος ὄνους ὀκτώ, γίνονται η. ἔτους ιϛ καὶ ιε καὶ η Φαῶφι β ?.