Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Didymos in the name of a Ptollas to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42773
Receipt for grain carried by donkeys to the granary of Karanis TM 42773probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJune 26[?], 292 A.D.
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A receipt for grain transported to the village granary of Karanis, from the harvests of regnal years 6 and 7, credited to Ptollas son of Sokrates through Palemon. The grain was carried by eight donkeys from Magdola, led by Didymos, and the receipt is dated Epeiph 2 of year 8 and 7, probably 292 AD.
In English machine translation
(To the) granary of the village of Karanis, of the boundary district (horiodeiktia).
From the produce of year 7 and year 6, in the name of Ptollas son of Sokrates, through Palemon,
by the animals of Magdola, through Didymos: 8 donkeys, total 8.
Year 8 and 7, Epeiph 2.
The double regnal year (8 and 7) reflects the joint reign of Diocletian and Maximian. Horiodeiktia refers to the boundary-defined district for which the granary served; it has no exact English equivalent.
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.2.893
θησαυροῦ κώμης ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος γενήματος ζ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους ὀνόματος Πτολλᾶ Σωκράτους διὰ Παλήμονος διὰ κτηνῶν Μαγδώλων διὰ Διδύμου ὄνοι ὀκτώ, γίνονται η. ἔτους η καὶ ζ Ἐπεὶφ β.