Receipt for Tax Payment in Kind
Receipt for chaff brought by an Isidoros in the name of a Potammon(?)
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Receipt for chaff delivered on behalf of Karanis TM 32735Karanis (Arsinoites)(Early) IVth century A.D.
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An ostracon receipt for a tax payment in kind. Potammon, acting through Isidoros, delivered 240 pounds of chaff on behalf of the village of Karanis for the second indiction, and the receipt was signed by Theodotos. It dates to the early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Potammon delivered, on behalf of the village of Karanis, for the second indiction, through Isidoros, two hundred forty pounds of chaff, total 240 pounds, only.
I, Theodotos, have signed.
The name Potammon and the verb 'delivered' are partly restored. Chaff was collected as a tax in kind, used for example for fuel or for making bricks.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt. 2. Chaff). 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.3.1014
παρήνεγκε Ποτάμμων ὑπὲρ κώμης Καρανίδος ὑπὲρ δευτέρας ἰνδικτίωνος διὰ Ἰσιδώρου ἀχύρου λίτρας διακοσίας τεσσαράκοντα, γίνονται λίτραι σμ, μόνας. Θεόδοτος σεσημείωμαι.