Receipts [344-345 AD]
Receipts for deliveries of chaff and barley made by Aion, son of Sarapion; at the end a dike receipt
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Receipts to Aion son of Sarapion for chaff, barley and dike work TM 10507Karanis (Arsinoites)344 CE – 345 CE
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A series of receipts issued to Aion son of Sarapion of Karanis for deliveries of chaff and barley made on behalf of the villagers of Karanis for the second and third indictions. It ends with a receipt from Aurelius Papnoutis of Syron for dike work (2 naubia) on the canal of Hermythos for the fourth indiction, AD 344-345.
In English machine translation
[1]
⟦Mesore 3. Paid on behalf of the villagers of Karanis through Aion son of Sarapion, for the second new indiction, 220 pounds of chaff, 220 pounds only.⟧
⟦I, Diotimos, have signed.⟧
⟦… pounds, through me, Philippos his son.⟧
Mesore 3. Paid on behalf of the villagers of Karanis through Aion son of Sarapion, for the second new indiction, 240 pounds of chaff, 240 pounds only.
I, Diotimos, have signed for 240 pounds only, through me, Philippos.
And on the same day paid on behalf of the villagers of Karanis through Aion son of Sarapion, for the same indiction, 220 pounds of chaff, 220 pounds. I, Diotimos, have signed for 220 pounds.
Through me, Philippos his son.
[2]
Mesore 4. Paid on behalf of the villagers of Karanis through Aion son of Sarapion […] new indiction, 240 pounds of chaff, 240 pounds only. I, Diotimos, have signed for … pounds, through me, Philippos his son.
Mesore 9. Paid on behalf of the villagers of Karanis […]
[… 7 lines lost …]
Choiak 2(?). Aion son of Sarapion delivered on behalf of the villagers of Karanis for year 3, 120 pounds of chaff, 120 pounds only. I, Ouranios, have signed. And on the 29th the same Aion son of Sarapion, 120 pounds of chaff, 120 pounds only. I, Ouranios, have signed.
[3]
Hathyr 13. Aion […] son of Sarapion delivered for the third indiction on behalf of the villagers of Karanis 2 1/3 1/12 artabas of barley, 2 1/3 1/12 artabas only. I, Kopres, have signed.
Mecheir 7. Aion son of Sarapion delivered for the third indiction on behalf of the villagers of Karanis 1 1/2 1/12 artabas of barley, 1 1/2 1/12 artaba only. I, Kopres, have signed.
Aurelius Papnoutis son of Pion, … from the village of Syron in the Arsinoite nome, to Aurelius Aion son of Sarapion. I have received from you for the 4th indiction, for the public dikes of the canal of Hermythos, 2 naubia, 2 naubia.
I, Melas son of Sotas, wrote this.
A naubion is a unit of earthwork for dike and canal maintenance, here a compulsory public obligation. The first receipt was cancelled and rewritten with a corrected quantity.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipts for Deliveries in Kind). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.col.7.153
[1]. . Μεσορὴ γ. κατέβαλε κωμητῶν Καρανίδος διʼ Ἀειώνεως Σαραπίωνος ὑπὲρ δευτέρα νέας ἰνδικτίονος ἀχύρου λίτρας διακοσίας τεσσαράκοντα, λίτρας σμ μόνας. Διότιμος σεσημείωμαι λίτρας σμ μόνας διʼ ἐμοῦ Φιλίππου. καὶ τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ κατέβαλε κωμητῶνΚαρανίδος διʼ Ἀειώνεως Σαραπίωνος ὑπὲ…