Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Panesates
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42262
Receipt for transport of grain by donkeys, issued to Panesatis TM 42262probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptFebruary 21, 301 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording that Panesatis son of Aunes delivered five donkey-loads of grain from the harvest of the regnal years 16, 15 and 8, under the grain-collecting officials (dekaprotoi) Horion and Philotas. It is dated Mecheir 27 of years 17, 16 and 9 (21 February 301) and probably comes from Karanis.
In English machine translation
Of the produce of year 16 and year 15 and year 8,
(through) the dekaprotoi Horion and Philotas.
Panesatis son of Aunes: five donkeys,
total 5 donkeys. Year 17, 16, 9, Mecheir
27.
The triple regnal years reflect the joint reigns of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars under the Tetrarchy. Dekaprotoi were liturgical officials responsible for collecting grain taxes.
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.1.485
γενήματος ιϛ ἔτους καὶ ιε ἔτους καὶ η ἔτους δεκαπρώτων Ὡρίωνος καὶ Φιλώτα Πανεσᾶτις Αὐνῆ ὄνους πέντε, γίνονται ὄνοι ε. ἔτους ιζ ιϛ θ Μεχὶρ κζ.