Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Melas
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42264
Receipt for four donkey-loads of grain from the granary of Karanis TM 42264probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptApril 1, 301 A.D.
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A brief ostracon receipt from the village granary of Karanis recording that four donkey-loads of grain, produce of the regnal years 16, 15 and 8, were delivered in the name of Melas son of Horos. It is dated 6 Pharmouthi of years 17, 16 and 9, that is 1 April 301.
In English machine translation
Granary of the village of Karanis, produce of the 16th year and the 15th year and the 8th year. In the name of Melas son of Horos, four donkeys, donkeys 4.
Year 17 and 16 and 9, Pharmouthi 6.
The triple regnal years reflect the joint reigns of the Tetrarchs (Diocletian and Maximian, and Constantius and Galerius). Such receipts record grain carried by donkey from the village granary toward a harbor for shipment.
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.1.487
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος ιϛ ἔτους καὶ ιε ἔτους καὶ η ἔτους ὀνόματος Μέλα Ὥρου ὄνους τέσσαρας, ὄνοι δ. ἔτους ιζ καὶ ιϛ καὶ θ Φαρμοῦθι ϛ.