Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Heron
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42274
Receipt for a donkey-load of grain delivered for Heron son of Ammonas TM 42274probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMarch 1, 302 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording that one donkey-load of grain from the harvest of the regnal years 17, 16 and 9 was delivered on Phamenoth 1 in the name of Heron son of Ammonas to the granary of the horiodeiktia of Karanis. It was issued in AD 302, probably at Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.
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 Heron son of Ammonas,
Phamenoth 1, 1 donkey(-load),
total 1 donkey(-load).
Year 18 and 17 and 10,
Phamenoth 5.
The triple regnal years (18, 17 and 10) refer to the joint reign of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars. Horiodeiktia was a granary district or circuit whose exact meaning is debated; the receipt is dated Phamenoth 5, although the delivery took place on Phamenoth 1.
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.1.497
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος γενήματος ιζ ἔτους καὶ ιϛ καὶ θ ἔτους ὀνόματος Ἥρωνος Ἀμμωνᾶ Φαμενὸθ α ὄνον α, γίνεται ὄνος α. ἔτους ιη καὶ ιζ καὶ ι Φαμενὸθ ε