One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42320

Receipt for transport of grain from the granary of Karanis by donkeys TM 42320probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D.

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A short ostracon receipt recording transport of grain from the village granary of Karanis by public pack-animals, carried out by a man named Ammonianos with 18 donkeys. It dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD and probably comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

(Granary) of the village of Karanis […] by public (pack-)animals […] Ammonianos son of P… […] … donkeys, 18.

The village name Karanis is restored; the ends of all lines are lost, including the destination harbour and the commodity's quantity.

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.

Receipt for Transport of Grain

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · O.Mich.inv. 4498 · (Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D. · probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor

o.mich.1.540

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · (Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D. · probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος[…] διὰ κτηνῶν δημοσίων[…] Ἀμμωνιανὸς Π…[…] τος ὄνους ιη.