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 42272
Receipt for donkey transport of grain to the Karanis granary TM 42272probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptFebruary 22 A.D. 24, 302 A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt from the granary of the boundary district of Karanis, recording a donkey-load of grain from the harvests of years 17, 16 and 9, delivered in the name of Melas son of Horos. It is dated Mecheir 28, corresponding to 22 February of AD 302.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary district (horiodeiktia) of Karanis.
Of the produce of the 17th and 16th and 9th year, in the name of Melas son of Horos, Mecheir 28, 1 donkey(-load), 30 (?),
1 donkey(-load).
Horiodeiktia was a district designation used in Karanis granary receipts and has no exact English equivalent. The record gives the date in a garbled form; the regnal years point to AD 302, and the figure read as "30" after the first donkey-load is uncertain in meaning.
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.1.495
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος γενήματος ιζ καὶ ιϛ καὶ θ ἔτους ὀνόματος Μέλα Ὅρου Μεχεὶρ κη ὄνον α, λ ὄνον α.