List of donkey drivers
List of donkey drivers
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42734
List of donkeys supplied by men of two pittakia TM 42734probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Early) IVth century A.D.
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A short ostracon list of men each supplying one donkey, grouped under two pittakia (land or tax units) named after Sotas and Pleein, with totals of 3 and 2 donkeys. It probably comes from Karanis in the early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Pittakion of Sotas:
Mios son of Amoules, 1 donkey
Ouenaphris son of Paesios, 1 donkey
[deleted]
Melas son of Atisios, 1 donkey
Total 3
Pittakion of Pleein (?):
Eudaimon son of Melas, 1 donkey
Ouenaphris son of Priskos, 1 donkey
Total 2
A pittakion was a subdivision of land or a tax-collection unit, here named after a person. The catalogue calls this a list of donkey drivers, though the text records one donkey per man.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of donkey drivers). 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.2.856
πιττακίου Σώτα Μιὸς Ἀμουλῆ ὄνον α Οὐενᾶφρις Παησίου ὄνον α Μέλας Ἀτισίου ὄνον α γίνονται γ πιττακίου Πλήειν Εὐδαίμονος Μέλανος ὄνον α Οὐενᾶφρις Πρίσκου ὄνον α γίνονται β