Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought to an unknown harbor by a Didymos in the name of a veteran, Herakleidion
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42775
Receipt for two donkey-loads of grain delivered to the granary of Karanis TM 42775probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptFebruary 4, 295 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording the delivery by Didymos of two donkey-loads of grain from several years' harvests to the village granary of Karanis, credited to the veteran Herakleidion. It is dated Mecheir 10 of the joint regnal years 11, 10 and 3 of Diocletian, Maximian and Constantius/Galerius (AD 295).
In English machine translation
To the granary of the village of Karanis, horiodeiktia (boundary) district, from the produce of the 9th, 8th and 1st years, in the name of Herakleidion, veteran, by means of pack animals, via Magdola, through Didymos: 2 donkeys, total 2. Year 11 and 10 and 3, Mecheir 10.
Horiodeiktia is the boundary-marking district of the village, a term with no exact English equivalent. The reading 'via Magdola' may refer to the village of Magdola or to watchtowers along the route.
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.2.895
θησαυροῦ κώμης ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος γενήματος θ ἔτους καὶ η ἔτους καὶ α ἔτους ὀνόματος Ἡρακλειδίωνος οὐετρανοῦ διὰ κτηνῶν διὰ Μαγδώλων διὰ Διδύμου ὄνοι δύο, γίνονται β. ἔτους ια καὶ ι καὶ γ Μεχεὶρ ι.