Receipt for Tax Payment in Kind
Receipt for chaff paid and transported by Komon
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 32738
Receipt for chaff delivered on behalf of Karanis TM 32738unnamed harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptJuly 18, 345 A.D.
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A receipt recording that Komon son of Isidoros delivered 240 pounds of chaff on behalf of the village of Karanis for the third indiction. It is signed by Souchidas and dated 18 July 344, from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Epeiph 24. Komon son of Isidoros delivered on behalf of the village of Karanis, for the third indiction, 240 pounds of chaff, total 240 pounds. I, Souchidas, have signed.
One museum record dates the receipt to 18 July 345 and places it at an unnamed harbor in the Herakleopolite or Memphite nome. Chaff was collected as a tax in kind, often used as fuel or for mixing into 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.3.1017
Ἐπεὶφ κδ παρήνεγκε Κόμων Ἰσιδώρου ὑπὲρ κώμης Καρανίδος τρίτης ἰνδικτίωνος ἀχύρου λίτρας διακοσίας τεσσαράκοντα, γίνονται λίτραι σμ. Σουχιδᾶς σεσημείωμαι.