Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to Kerke by Ouenaphris
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42302
Receipt for transport of wheat from Karanis to the harbour of Kerke TM 42302probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptFebruary 3, 311 A.D.
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Receipt from the granary of Karanis recording that Ptolemaios son of Ptolemaios sent 6 donkey-loads of wheat from the harvest of year 18 to the harbour of Kerke, carried by the donkey-driver Sarmates. It is dated 3 February 311, probably at Karanis.
In English machine translation
In the granary of the village of Karanis, of the produce of year 18.
Ptolemaios son of Ptolemaios has transported to the harbour of Kerke, through Sarmates, donkey-driver, wheat, 6 donkey-loads.
Year 19 and 7 and 5 and 3, Mecheir 9.
The regnal date "year 19 and 7 and 5 and 3" counts the simultaneous years of the co-reigning emperors Galerius, Maximinus, Constantine and Licinius. The catalogue description names the carrier as Ouenaphris, but the text names the donkey-driver as Sarmates.
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.1.521
ἐν θησαυρῷ κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος ιη ἔτους μετέβαλε Πτολεμαῖος Πτολεμαίου εἰς ὅρμον Κερκὴ διὰ Σαρμάτου ὀνηλάτου πυροῦ ὄνους ϛ. ἔτους ιθ καὶ ζ καὶ ε καὶ γ Μεχὲρ θ.