Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Arabikos(?)
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42268
Granary receipt for five donkey-loads of grain from Karanis TM 42268probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptApril 22, 301 A.D.
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Ostracon receipt from the village granary of Karanis recording that Ptolemaios son of Sabinus delivered grain with 5 donkey-loads, under the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andriskos, for the produce of the 14th, 13th and 6th regnal years. It is dated Pharmouthi 27 of years 17, 16 and 9, that is 22 April 301.
In English machine translation
(Granary) of the village of Karanis, on behalf of Karanis.
(Through) the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andriskos, of the produce of the 14th, 13th and 6th years: Ptolemaios son of Sabinus, 5 donkeys.
Year 17 and 16 and 9, Pharmouthi 27.
The triple regnal years reflect the joint reigns of the Tetrarchs (Diocletian, Maximian, and the Caesars). 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.1.490
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος ὑπὲρ Καρανίδος δεκαπρώτων Σεουηρίνου καὶ Ἀνδρίσκου γενήματος ιδ ἔτους καὶ ιγ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους Πτολεμαῖος Σαβίνου ὄνους πέντε . ἔτους ιζ καὶ ιϛ καὶ θ Φαρμοῦθι κζ.