Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Armilla(?)
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42280
Receipt for a donkey-load of grain at the Karanis granary TM 42280probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMarch 31, 302 A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording one donkey-load of grain delivered to the granary of the boundary district of Karanis in the name of Armillas son of Horion. It is dated Pharmouthi 5 of the regnal years 18, 17 and 10 of the Tetrarchs, that is 31 March AD 302.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary district of Karanis, produce of year 17 and 16 and 9,
in the name of Armillas son of Horion,
one donkey(-load), total 1. Pharmouthi 5.
Year 18 and 17 and 10.
The triple regnal years refer to the joint reigns of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars. 'Horiodeiktia' is a boundary or district designation for the granary, with no exact English equivalent.
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.1.500
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος γενήματος ιζ καὶ ιϛ καὶ θ ἔτους ὀνόματος Ἀρμίλλας Ὡρίονος ὄνον ἕνα, γίνεται α. Φαρμοῦθι ε. ἔτους ιη καὶ ιζ καὶ ι