Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Harpaeig' to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42777
Receipt for grain transported by donkey from the granary of Karanis TM 42777probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMarch 1, 295 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt from the granary of Karanis recording that Harpaeig son of Sotas, acting through Paianos, delivered grain from the harvests of earlier regnal years using two of his own donkeys. It is dated Phamenoth 5 of year 11, 10 and 3 of the joint emperors, that is 1 March 295.
In English machine translation
Granary of the village of Karanis, produce of year 10 and year 9 and year 2, by his own (donkeys), Harpaeig, son of Sotas, through Paianos: two donkeys, total 2.
Year 11 and 10 and 3, Phamenoth 5.
The triple regnal years refer to the joint reigns of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars. The phrase "by his own" probably means the sender used his own donkeys.
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.2.897
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος ι ἔτους καὶ θ ἔτους καὶ β ἔτους διὰ ἰδίων Ἁρπαεῖεγʼ Σώτου διὰ Παιάνου ὄνοι δύο, γίνονται β. ἔτους ια καὶ ι καὶ γ Φαμενὼθ ε.