Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Peeous
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42273
Receipt for grain transported by donkey from the Karanis granary TM 42273probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptFebruary 27, 302 A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt from the granary of Karanis recording grain from the harvests of several regnal years transported by donkey in the name of Peeous, a sack-carrier. It dates to early AD 302.
In English machine translation
[Granary of the village of] Karanis, produce of the 17th and 16th [and 9th year, in the name] of Peeous, sack-[carrier, Mecheir] 28, 1 donkey, and Phamenoth [3, … donkey(s)] […]
[Year 18 and 17] and 10, Phamenoth 3.
The multiple year figures reflect the joint regnal years of the Tetrarchs (18th, 17th and 10th year), and the destination harbor is not preserved. Much of the opening and the second entry is restored by the editor.
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.1.496
θησαυροῦ κώμηςΚαρανίδος γενήματος ιζ καὶ ιϛ καὶ θ ἔτους ὀνόματος Πεηοῦτος σακκοφόρου Μεχὶρ κη ὄνον α καὶ Φαμενὼθ γ ὄν[…] ἔτους ιη καὶ ιζ καὶ ι Φαμενὸθ γ.