Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to an unknown harbor by a Demetrios
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42802
Receipt for transport of wheat by Demetrios son of Kalonios TM 42802probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJune-July, 302 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording that Demetrios son of Kalonios transported five donkey-loads of wheat through the granary officials (sitologoi) for the harvests of years 18, 17 and 10. It dates to Epeiph (June-July) AD 302, probably from Karanis in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
Through the sitologoi, Demetrios son of Kalonios has transported, for the produce of year 18 [and year 17] and year 10, [five donkey-loads] of wheat, total 5 donkey-loads.
[Year 18 and 17 and] 10, Epeiph […]
The triple regnal year (18, 17 and 10) reflects the joint reigns of the Tetrarchs. The sitologoi were the officials in charge of public granaries.
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.2.923
διὰ σιτολόγων μετέβαλεν Δημήτριος Καλωνίου ὑπὲρ γενήματος ιη ἔτους καὶ ιζ ἔτους καὶ ι ἔτους πυροῦ ὄνους πέντε, γίνονται ὄνοι ε. ἔτους ιη καὶ ιζ καὶ ι Ἐπεὶφ […]