Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain to an unknown harbor, by a Palemon in the name of a Ptolas
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9943
Receipt for grain carried by donkeys from the granary of Karanis TM 9943probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJanuary 31, 289 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt from the granary of Karanis recording the transport of grain by seven donkeys, credited to Ptolas son of Sokrates and handled by Palemon, with animals of Ibion driven by Kleitos. It was written on 31 January AD 289.
In English machine translation
Granary of the village of Karanis, for the boundary-survey (horiodeiktia)
of the produce of year 4 and year 3, in the name of Ptolas son of Sokrates,
through Palemon, by the animals of Ibion,
through Kleitos, seven donkeys, total 7 donkeys.
Year 5 and 4, Mecheir 6.
Horiodeiktia was a levy or account connected with boundary surveying of land; its exact sense here is debated. The double regnal years refer to the joint reigns of Diocletian and Maximian.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Transportation by Donkeys and Camels. 3. Delivery from the Granary to the Harbor). 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.3.1061
θησαυροῦ κώμης ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος γενήματος δ ἔτους καὶ γ ἔτους ὀνόματος Πτολᾶ Σωκράτους διὰ Παλήμονος διὰ κτηνῶν Ἰβιῶνος διὰ Κλείτου ὄνοι ἑπτά, γίνονται ὄνοι ζ. ἔτους ε καὶ δ Μεχεὶρ ϛ