Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Panesatis
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42260
Receipt for three sacks of grain for the horiodeiktia of Karanis TM 42260probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMarch 13, 300 A.D.
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Receipt recording 3 sacks of grain delivered under the supervision of the dekaprotoi Horion and Philotas in the name of Panesates, for the horiodeiktia levy of Karanis. It is dated 13 March 300 AD and probably comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Of the horiodeiktia (boundary survey) of Karanis, produce of the 15th year, 14th year, 7th year.
Of the dekaprotoi Horion and Philotas, in the name of Panesates: 3 sacks, total 3.
Year 16 and 15 and 8, Pharmouthi 17.
The horiodeiktia was a levy connected with the surveying and marking of land boundaries; the dekaprotoi were officials responsible for tax collection. The regnal years (16, 15 and 8) are those of the Tetrarchs Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars.
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.1.483
ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος γενήματος ιε ἔτους ιδ ἔτους ζ ἔτους δεκαπρώτων Ὡρίωνος καὶ Φιλώτα ὀνόματος Πανεσάτου σάκκους τρεῖς, γ. ἔτους ιϛ καὶ ιε η Φαρμοῦθι ιζ.