Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor in the name of Severus
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42310
Granary receipt for grain delivered by donkeys at Karanis TM 42310probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptDecember 19, 312 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt from the granary of Karanis recording the delivery, by eleven donkeys belonging to Alekas, of grain from the harvests of the 8th, 6th and 4th years, credited to Severus Tiberinus. It was issued through the grain official Horion and his associate on Choiak 23 of year 9 (19 December 312).
In English machine translation
In the granary of the village of Karanis, of the citizens (?), through Horion and his associate, sitologos:
of the produce of the 8th year and the 6th year and the 4th year,
in the name of Severus Tiberinus,
by the animals of Alekas, eleven donkeys, total 11.
Year 9, Choiak 23.
The word politon ('of the citizens') may refer to land or grain belonging to city residents; a sitologos was the official in charge of a public granary. The regnal years reflect the overlapping reigns of the Tetrarchic emperors.
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.1.529
ἐν θησαυρῷ κώμης Καρανίδος πολιτῶν διὰ Ὡρίωνος καὶ τοῦ κοινωνοῦ σιτολόγου γενήματος η ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους καὶ δ ἔτους ὀνόματος Σευήρου Τιβερίνου διὰ κτηνῶν Ἀλέκα ὄνους ἕνδεκα, γίνονται ια. ἔτους θ Χοίακ κγ.