Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Macrinus
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42263
Receipt for grain transported on six donkeys by Makrinos TM 42263probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptFebruary 23, 301 A.D.
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A receipt recording that Makrinos son of Ptolemaios delivered grain from the harvests of the 16th, 15th and 8th regnal years, carried on six donkeys, under the supervision of the dekaprotoi Horion and Philotas. It was written on an ostracon on 23 February 301, probably at Karanis in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
Produce of year 16, 15 and 8,
(through) the dekaprotoi Horion and Philotas.
Makrinos son of Ptolemaios, donkeys, animals
six, total 6. Year 17, 16, 9, Mecheir 29.
The triple regnal years refer to the joint reigns of the Tetrarchs (Diocletian and Maximian, Constantius and Galerius). The dekaprotoi were local 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.1.486
γενήματος ιϛ ἔτους ιε ἔτους η ἔτους δεκαπρώτων Ὡρίωνος καὶ Φιλώτα Μακρῖνος Πτολεμαίου ὄνους κτήνη ἕξ, γίνονται ϛ. ἔτους ιζ ιϛ θ Μεχὶρ κθ.