Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for delivery of grain brought by a Palemon to an unknown harbor
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9951
Receipt for 2 sacks of grain from the granary of Karanis and Hiera Nikolaou TM 9951probably Hiera Nikolaou, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptOctober 23, 298 A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording that 2 sacks of grain from the granary of Karanis and Hiera Nikolaou, from the harvest of the 14th, 13th and 6th regnal years, were delivered in the name of Palemon under the imperial regulation. It is dated 23 October 298 and comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Granary of the village of Karanis and Hiera Nikolaou.
Of the produce of the 14th year and 13th year and 6th year, of the divine regulation, in the name of Palemon:
2 sacks, total 2. Year 15 and 14 and 7, Phaophi 26.
The triple regnal years reflect the joint reigns of Diocletian, Maximian (years 15 and 14) and the Caesars (year 7). The 'divine regulation' (theia diatyposis) refers to the imperial tax assessment under Diocletian's reform.
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.3.1069
θησαυροῦ κώμης Καρανίδος καὶ Ἱερᾶς Νεικολάου γενήματος ιδ ἔτους καὶ ιγ ἔτους καὶ ϛ ἔτους θείας διατυπώσεως ὀνόματος Παλήμονος σάκκοι δύο, γίνονται β. ἔτους ιε καὶ ιδ καὶ ζ Φαῶφι κϛ.