Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Ouenaphris to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42793
Receipt for a donkey-load of grain delivered to the granary of Karanis TM 42793probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJanuary 23, 299 A.D.
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A brief ostracon receipt recording that one donkey-load of grain from the harvest of the 14th, 13th and 6th regnal years was delivered to the granary of Karanis on behalf of Ptolemais, under the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andreas, using private animals in the name of Ouenaphris. It is dated Tybi 28 of years 15, 14 and 7 (23 January 299), probably at Karanis.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary-district of Karanis, on behalf of Ptolemais, of the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andreas, from the produce of the 14th year and 13th year and 6th year, by means of private animals, in the name of Ouenaphris, collector of the extra-gate fees (?): one donkey, total 1.
Year 15 and 14 and 7, Tybi 28.
The triple regnal year reflects the joint reign of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars. Dekaprotoi were liturgical officials responsible for collecting grain taxes; the expansion of the term rendered 'collector of the extra-gate fees' is uncertain, and it may instead describe Ouenaphris as living outside the city gates.
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.2.914
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος ὑπὲρ Πτολεμαίδος δεκαπρώτων Σεουηρίνου καὶ Ἀνδρέα γενήματος ιδ ἔτους καὶ ιγ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους διὰ ἰδίων κτηνῶν ὀνόματος Οὐενάφρεως ἐξωπυλίτου ὄνος εἷς, γίνεται α. ἔτους ιε καὶ ιδ καὶ ζ Τῦβι κη.