Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a son of Seuthes to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42801
Receipt for grain transported by donkey from the granary of Karanis TM 42801probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMay-June, 301 A.D.
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Ostracon receipt from the granary of Karanis recording grain from the harvests of regnal years 16, 15 and 8, carried by 14 donkeys in the name of a son of Seuthes. It is dated to Pauni of years 17, 16 and 9, i.e. May-June AD 301.
In English machine translation
Granary of the village of Karanis, of the produce of the 16th year and the 15th year and the 8th year, in the name of […] son of Seuthes, 14 donkeys, total 14 donkeys. Year 17
and 16 and 9, Pauni […]
The triple year numbers reflect the joint reigns of the Tetrarchs (Diocletian, Maximian, and the Caesars). The restored year numerals are partly the editor's.
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.2.922
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος ιϛ ἔτους καὶ ιε ἔτους καὶ η ἔτους ὀνόματος […]… Σεύθου ὄνοι δεκατέσσαρες, γίνονταιὄνοι ιδ. ἔτους ιζ καὶ ιϛ καὶ θ Παῦνι[…]