Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Palemon, in the name of a Sokr(--), to an unknown harbor
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9948
Receipt for one donkey-load of grain delivered at the Karanis granary TM 9948probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt297/298[?] A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording the delivery of one donkey-load of grain at the granary of the Karanis district, handled by Severinus and Andreas. The grain was produce of regnal years 13, 12 and 5, credited to Sokrates and brought by Palemon of the hamlet of Chairemon. It probably dates to AD 297/298.
In English machine translation
At the granary of the boundary district of Karanis, through Severinus and Andreas, for the produce of the 13th year and 12th year and 5th year, in the name of Sokrates, donkeys of the same, through Palemon, of the hamlet (epoikion) of Chairemon: one donkey.
Total 1.
The 'horiodeiktia' was the administrative boundary district attached to a village; the regnal years 13, 12 and 5 likely refer to the joint reigns of the Tetrarchy. The name Sokr(ates) is abbreviated in the text.
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.3.1066
ἐν θησαυρῷ ὁριοδεικτίας Καρανίδος διὰ Σεουηρίνου καὶ Ἀνδρέα ὑπὲρ γενήματος ιγ ἔτους καὶ ιβ ἔτους καὶ ε ἔτους ὀνόματος Σωκράτης ὄνων τοῦ αὐτοῦ διὰ Παλήμονος ἐποικίου Χαιρήμονος ὄνος εἷς γίνεται α.