Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Palemon to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42789
Receipt for grain transported by donkey from the Karanis granary TM 42789probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJune 8, 298 A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt from the granary of Karanis recording that one donkey-load of grain from the harvests of regnal years 13, 12 and 5 was transported in the name of Palemon son of Ptollas. It is dated Pauni 14 of years 14, 13 and 6, that is 8 June 298.
In English machine translation
Granary of the village of Karanis.
Produce of [year 13 and] year 12 and year 5.
In the name of Palemon son of Ptollas, donkey one, total 1.
Year 14 and 13 and 6, Pauni 14.
The triple regnal years refer to the joint reigns of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars Constantius and Galerius. Such receipts record grain carried by donkey from the village granary to the harbour.
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.
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θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος ιγ ἔτους καὶ ιβ ἔτους καὶ ε ἔτους ὀνόματος Παλήμονος Πτολλᾶ ὄνος εἷς, γίνεται α. ἔτους ιδ καὶ ιγ καὶ ϛ Παῦνι ιδ.