Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to Leukogion in the name of Ouenaphris
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42307
Receipt for transport of wheat from Karanis to the harbour of Leukogion TM 42307probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJanuary 17, 312 (or 304) A.D.
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Ostracon receipt recording that Ouenaphris son of Priskos transported one donkey-load of wheat from the granary of Karanis to the harbour of Leukogion, through the agency of Horion. It dates to Tybi 21, probably 17 January 312 (or 304) AD.
In English machine translation
[At the granary] of the village of Karanis
Ouenaphris son of Priskos transported
to the harbour of Leukogion, of the produce of year 19,
through Horion, wheat: 1 donkey-load.
Tybi 21.
The 'harbour' (hormos) of Leukogion was a river or canal landing where state grain was collected for shipment. The produce is dated to regnal year 19, which gives the alternative dates 312 or 304.
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.1.526
ἐν θησαυρῷ κώμης Καρανίδος μετέβαλεν Οὐενᾶφρις Πρίσκου εἰς ὅρμον Λευκογίου γενήματος ιθ ἔτους διὰ Ὡρίωνος πυροῦ ὄνον α. Τῦβι κα.