Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Pannous to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42800
Receipt for four donkey-loads of grain from the granary of Karanis TM 42800probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptApril 27, 301 A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording that four donkey-loads of grain from the Karanis village granary, from the harvests of regnal years 16, 15 and 8, were delivered in the name of Pannous son of Seuthes. It is dated Pachon 2 of years 17, 16 and 9, that is 27 April 301, probably at Karanis.
In English machine translation
(Granary) of the village of Karanis, of the produce of year 16 and year 15 and year 8, in the name of Pannous son of Seuthes, four donkeys, donkeys 4.
Year 17 and 16 and 9, Pachon 2.
The triple regnal year reflects the joint reign of Diocletian and Maximian (years 17 and 16) with the Caesars Constantius and Galerius (year 9). Such receipts record transport of tax grain by donkey from the village granary, probably to a harbor.
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.2.921
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος ιϛ ἔτους καὶ ιε ἔτους καὶ η ἔτους ὀνόματος Παννοῦ Σεύθου ὄνοι τέσσαρες, ὄνοι δ. ἔτους ιζ καὶ ιϛ καὶ θ Παχὼν β.