Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to Kerke in the name of Kopres
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42309
Receipt for transport of barley from Karanis to the harbour of Kerke TM 42309probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMarch 12, 312 A.D.[?]
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Ostracon receipt recording that Kopres son of Priskos transferred 4 donkey-loads of barley from the village granary of Karanis to the harbour of Kerke, carried by the donkey-driver Sotas. It concerns the harvest of year 19 and is dated Phamenoth 16, probably AD 312.
In English machine translation
In the granary of the village of Karanis, Kopres son of Priskos transferred to the harbour of Kerke, from the produce of year 19, through Sotas the donkey-driver, barley: 4 donkey-loads.
Phamenoth 16.
The amount is counted in donkey-loads rather than measured in artabas. The dating to AD 312 is marked as uncertain.
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.1.528
ἐν θησαυρῷ κώμης Καρανίδος μετέβαλεν Κοπρῆς Πρίσκου εἰς ὅρμον Κερκὴ γενήματος ιθ ἔτους διὰ Σώτα ὀνηλάτου κριθῆς ὄνους δ. Φαμενὼθ ιϛ.