Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain to an unknown harbor
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9947
Receipt for grain transported by donkeys from the granary of Karanis TM 9947probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptJune/July, 293 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording the transport by donkeys of grain from the produce of years 7 and 8 out of the village granary of Karanis, issued by the decaprotoi (grain-collection officials). It was written in Epeiph of regnal year 9 and 8, which corresponds to June/July AD 293.
In English machine translation
From the granary of the village of Karanis, the decaprotoi […]
of the produce of year 8 and year 7, in the name of […]
by means of the pack animals of N[…]
donkeys, ten […]
Year nine and eight, Epeiph […]
The decaprotoi were local officials responsible for collecting grain taxes. The double regnal year (9 and 8) reflects 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.
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