Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by an Abau to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42792
Receipt for a donkey-load of grain delivered to the Karanis granary TM 42792probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJanuary 19, 299 A.D.
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A short receipt on an ostracon recording that one donkey-load of grain, delivered in the name of Abau with privately owned animals, was received at the granary of the Karanis boundary district for the village of Ptolemais Nea. The tax grain was collected through the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andreas. It is dated 19 January 299, probably at Karanis.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary district (horiodeiktia) of Karanis.
On behalf of Ptolemais Nea, through the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andreas, of the produce of year 14 and year 13 and year 6, by means of private animals, in the name of Abau, donkey, 1, total 1.
Year 15 and 14 and 7, Tybi 24.
The triple regnal years reflect the joint reigns of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars. Dekaprotoi were local officials responsible for collecting grain taxes; the horiodeiktia was a granary district.
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.2.913
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος ὑπὲρ Πτολεμαίδος Νέας δεκαπρώτων Σεουηρίνου καὶ Ἀνδρέα γενήματος ιδ ἔτους καὶ ιγ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους διὰ ἰδίων κτηνῶν ὀνόματος Ἀβαῦ ὄνος εἷς, γίνεται α. ἔτους ιε καὶ ιδ καὶ ζ Τῦβι κδ.