Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Demetrios
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42269
Receipt for transport of grain by donkeys from the Karanis granary TM 42269probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMarch/April, 301 A.D.
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Ostracon receipt from the granary of Karanis recording the transport of grain by ten donkeys, credited to Demetrios son of Kallon, for the harvests of regnal years 16, 15 and 8. It was written in Pharmouthi (March/April) of AD 301.
In English machine translation
[Granary] of the village of Karanis.
[Of the produce] of the 16th year and 15th year and 8th year, in the name of Demetrios son of Kallon.
[…] ten [donkeys], total 10. Year 17 and 16 [and 9], Pharmouthi.
The triple regnal years refer to the joint reigns of the Tetrarchs (Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars). The verb in line 4 is illegible, so what exactly the donkeys did (carried, loaded) is uncertain.
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.1.491
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος ιϛ ἔτους καὶ ιε ἔτους καὶ η ἔτους ὀνόματος Δημητρίου Κάλλωνος ………αι… ὄνους δέκα, γίνονται ι. ἔτους ιζ καὶ ιϛ καὶ θ Φαρμοῦθι.