Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to Leukogion by Melas, in the name of Palemon
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42806
Receipt for wheat transported from Karanis to the harbour of Leukogion TM 42806Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJanuary 17, 304 or 312 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt from the granary of Karanis recording that Palemon son of Palemon had 3 donkey-loads of wheat from the harvest of year 19 carried by the donkey-driver Melas to the harbour of Leukogion. It is dated Tybi 21, corresponding to 17 January 304 or 312 AD.
In English machine translation
In the granary of the village of Karanis.
Palemon son of Palemon has transferred to the harbour of Leukogion, of the produce of year 19, through Melas, donkey-driver, wheat: 3 donkey-loads.
Tybi 21.
The 'harbour' (hormos) was a river landing where village grain was collected for onward shipment. The regnal year 19 allows either of two dates, hence 304 or 312.
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.2.927
ἐν θησαυρῷ κώμης Καρανίδος μετέβαλεν Παλήμων Παλήμονος εἰς ὅρμον Λευκογίου γενήματος ιθ ἔτους διὰ Μέλανος ὀνηλάτου πυροῦ ὄνους γ. Τῦβι κα.