Receipt for Transport of Grain
Receipt for transport of grain to the harbor of Leukogion by Paout
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9960
Receipt for wheat transported by donkey from Karanis granary to Leukogion harbor TM 9960Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptSeptember 18, 304 or 312[?] A.D.
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Receipt from the granary of Karanis recording that Paout son of Arabikos carried eight donkey-loads of wheat from the harvest of year 19 to the harbor of Leukogion. The deliveries covered Thoth 5 to 21, and the receipt is dated Thoth 21, probably in the early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
At the granary of the village of Karanis, of the produce of year 19, Paout son of Arabikos transferred to the harbor of Leukogion, for the period from Thoth 5 to 21, […] wheat, eight donkey-loads, total 8.
Year […], Thoth 21.
Leukogion was a river harbor where grain from Fayum villages was collected for shipment. The regnal year in the date is illegible, so the exact year is uncertain.
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.3.1080
ἐν θησαυρῷ κώμης Καρανίδος γενήματος ιθ ἔτους μετέβαλε Παοῦτ Ἀραβικοῦ εἰς ὅρμον Λευκογίου τῶν ἀπὸ Θὼθ ε ἕως κα … πυροῦ ὄνους ὀκτώ, γίνονται η. ἔτους … Θὼθ κα.