Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Ouenaphris to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42794
Receipt for one donkey-load of grain delivered to the Karanis granary TM 42794probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptFebruary 27, 299 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt from the granary of Karanis, under the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andrias, recording one donkey-load of grain from the harvests of the 14th, 13th and 6th regnal years delivered on behalf of Ouenaphris. It is dated Phamenoth 3 of years 15, 14 and 7 of the reigning emperors, 27 February 299.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary district (horiodeiktia) of Karanis.
Dekaprotoi Severinus and Andrias.
Produce of the 14th year and the 13th year and the 6th year.
In the name of
Ouenaphris, dweller outside the gate (exopylites),
by means of the pack animals of the same: 1 donkey, total 1.
Year 15 and 14 and 7, Phamenoth 3.
The triple regnal years refer to the joint reigns of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars. Dekaprotoi were liturgical officials responsible for collecting grain taxes.
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 ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος δεκαπρώτων Σεουηρίνου καὶ Ἀνδρία γενήματος ιδ ἔτους καὶ ιγ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους ὀνόματος Οὐενάφρεως ἐξωπυλίτης διὰ κτηνῶν τοῦ αὐτοῦ ὄνος εἷς, γίνεται α. ἔτους ιε καὶ ιδ καὶ ζ Φαμενὼθ γ.