Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought to an unknown harbor by a Demetrios in the name of a Chairas
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42779
Receipt for two donkey-loads of grain at the granary of Karanis TM 42779probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMarch 1, 296 A.D.
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Ostracon receipt from the granary at Karanis recording delivery of two donkey-loads of grain from the harvests of years 11, 10 and 3, credited to Chairas son of Sarapion and brought by Demetrios. It was issued under the dekaprotoi Souchidas and partners on 1 March AD 296.
In English machine translation
Granary of the horiodeiktia of Karanis,
of the dekaprotoi Souchidas
and partners, of the produce
of year 11 and year 10 and year 3,
in the name of Chairas son of Sarapion, through Demetrios son of Keph(…):
two donkeys, 2.
Year 12 and 11 and
4, Phamenoth
5.
The triple regnal year (12, 11 and 4) reflects the joint reigns of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars. Horiodeiktia refers to the boundary-surveyed district of the village; dekaprotoi were officials responsible for grain collection.
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.2.899
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος δεκαπρώτων Σουχιδᾶ καὶ κοινωνῶν γενήματος ια ἔτους καὶ ι ἔτους καὶ γ ἔτους ὀνόματος Χαιρᾶ Σαραπίωνος διὰ Δημητρίου Κεφ ὄνοι δύο, β. ἔτους ιβ καὶ ια καὶ δ Φαμενὼθ ε.