Receipt for Tax Payment in Kind
Receipt for chaff paid by Ptollas in the name of Komon
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Receipt for chaff delivered on behalf of the villagers of Karanis TM 32741Karanis (Arsinoites)(Early) IVth century A.D. (June 1)
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Ostracon receipt recording that Komon, through Ptollas son of Apollonios, delivered 240 pounds of chaff on behalf of the villagers of Karanis for the 14th indiction. It was signed by Paulos and dates to 1 June 340 at Karanis.
In English machine translation
Pauni 7.
Komon delivered, through Ptollas son of Apollonios, on behalf of the villagers of Karanis for the 14th indiction, two hundred forty pounds of chaff,
total 240 pounds, only.
I, Paulos, have signed.
Chaff (achyron) was collected as a tax in kind, probably for military or public use. The pound (litra) was the Roman pound of about 327 g.
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.3.1020
Παῦνι ζ παρήνεγκεν Κόμων διὰ Πτολλᾶ Ἀπολλωνίου ὑπὲρ ιδ ἰνδικτίωνος κωμητῶν Καρανίδος ἀχύρου λίτρας διακοσίας τεσσαράκοντα, γίνονται λίτραι σμ, μόνας. Παῦλος σεσημείωμαι.