Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Ouenaphris to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42795
Receipt for one donkey-load of grain delivered to the granary of Karanis TM 42795probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMarch 1, 299 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt from the granary of the Karanis boundary district, issued under the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andreas, recording one donkey-load of grain from the harvest of the 14th, 13th and 6th regnal years, delivered with privately owned animals in the name of Ouenaphris. It is dated Phamenoth 5 of year 15/14/7, that is 1 March 299 AD.
In English machine translation
Granary of the boundary district of Karanis, of the dekaprotoi Severinus and Andreas.
Of the produce of the 14th year and 13th year and 6th year, by means of private animals, in the name of Ouenaphris:
one donkey, total 1.
Year 15 and 14 and 7, Phamenoth 5.
The triple regnal year reflects the joint reigns of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars. The dekaprotoi were local officials responsible for collecting taxes in kind.
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.2.916
θησαυροῦ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος δεκαπρώτων Σεουηρίνου καὶ Ἀνδρέα γενήματος ιδ ἔτους καὶ ιγ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους διὰ κτηνῶν ἰδίων ὀνόματος Οὐενᾶφρεως ὄνος εἷς, γίνεται α. ἔτους ιε καὶ ιδ καὶ ζ Φαμενὼθ ε.