Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor by Neilos
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42292
Receipt for grain transported by donkey through the sitologoi TM 42292probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJanuary 30, 306 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording that Neilos son of Kasianos delivered or transferred grain through the sitologoi (granary officials) for the harvest of the 13th and 1st regnal years, with the delivery made by donkeys. It is dated Mecheir 5 of the 14th and 2nd years, i.e. 30 January 306, probably at Karanis.
In English machine translation
Through the sitologoi: Neilos son of Kasianos transferred (?), for the produce of year 13 and year 1,
In year 14 and year 2, Mecheir 5, donkeys …
The double regnal years reflect the joint reckoning of the Tetrarchic emperors. The verb metebalen, literally 'transferred', here refers to the transport or handover of grain; the end of the text is illegible.
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.1.511
διὰ σιτολόγων μετέβαλεν Νεῖλος Κασιανοῦ ὑπὲρ γενήματος ιγ ἔτους καὶ α ἔτους ιδ ἔτους καὶ β ἔτους Μεχεὶρ ε ὄνους ….