Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Pemes
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42259
Receipt for donkey-loads of grain delivered to the granary at Karanis TM 42259probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMarch, 300 A.D.[?]
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An ostracon receipt recording deliveries of grain by donkey-load to the granary of the horiodeiktia at Karanis, under the dekaprotoi Horion and Philotas. Paimes son of Heras delivered two loads, Limnaios three, and Timon one, in the month Phamenoth of year 16 and 15.
In English machine translation
Granary of the horiodeiktia of Karanis, produce of the 15th and 14th year,
(through) the dekaprotoi Horion and Philotas.
Paimes son of Heras, two donkey-loads,
total 2. Year 16 and 15, Phamenoth
[…] 8 (?).
And through Limnaios, three donkey-loads,
total 3.
And Timon likewise,
one donkey-load, total 1.
Horiodeiktia was a land-survey levy, here a granary account for grain from surveyed land; dekaprotoi were liturgical officials responsible for tax collection. The double regnal year (16 and 15) reflects the joint reigns of the Tetrarchs.
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.1.482
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος γενήματος ιε ἔτους ιδ ἔτους δεκαπρώτων Ὡρίωνος καὶ Φιλώτα Παιμὲς Ἡρᾶ ὄνους δύο, γίνονται β. ἔτους ιϛ καὶ ιε Φαμενὼθ …η. καὶ διὰ Λιμναίου ὄνους τρεῖς, γίνονται γ. καὶ Τίμων ὁμοίως ὄνον ἕνα, γίνεται α.