Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Horion
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42299
Receipt for transport of wheat from the Karanis granary to the harbor TM 42299either Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, or unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptMarch 31, 310 A.D.
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A short receipt on a potsherd recording that Horion son of Kastor delivered five donkey-loads of wheat from the Karanis granary to the harbor, carried by the donkeys of Pekysis. The grain was from the harvest of regnal years 17 and 5, and the receipt is dated Pharmouthi 5 of years 18 and 6, corresponding to 31 March 310.
In English machine translation
Granary of the village of Karanis, produce of year 17 and year 5. Horion son of Kastor has delivered at the harbor, by means of the donkeys of Pekysis, wheat: five donkey-loads, total 5 donkey-loads.
Year 18 and year 6, Pharmouthi 5.
The double regnal years (17 and 5, 18 and 6) reflect the joint reigns of two emperors in the early 4th century. The harbor is not named, so the receipt may have been issued at Karanis or at a river harbor in the Herakleopolite or Memphite nome.
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.1.518
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος ιζ ἔτους καὶ ε ἔτους μετέβαλεν Ὡρίων Κάστορος ἐν ὅρμῳ διὰ κτηνῶν Πεκύσεως πυροῦ ὄνους πέντε, γίνονται ὄνοι ε. ιη ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους Φαρμο͂θι ε.