Receipt for Tax Payment in Kind
Receipt for chaff paid by Patermouthis
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 32739
Receipt for delivery of chaff by Patermouthis son of Dioskoros TM 32739Karanis (Arsinoites)(Early) IVth century A.D. (May 18)
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Ostracon receipt recording that Patermouthis son of Dioskoros, of the village of Keranis (Karanis), delivered 240 pounds of chaff for the fourth indiction, a tax payment in kind. It was written on Pachon 23 (18 May) in the early 4th century AD at Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Pachon 23. Patermouthis son of Dioskoros, of the village of Keranis, has delivered for the 4th indiction 240 pounds of chaff, lbs. 240, only. Isaras (?).
Chaff (achyron) was collected as a tax in kind, often for fuel or for military use. The final name, probably the clerk's signature, is uncertainly read.
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.3.1018
Παχὼν κγ παρήνεγκε Πατερμοῦθις Διοσκόρου κώμης Κερανίδος τετάρτης ἰνδικτίωνος ἀχύρου λίτρας διακοσίας τεσσαράκοντα, λίτρας σμ, μόνας. Ἰσάρα ?.