Receipt for Money Payment
Fragment of a receipt for payment of money
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41903
Receipt for money payments at Karanis TM 41903Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D.
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Fragmentary ostracon receipt from Karanis recording money payments made on Mesore 1 and Thoth 2, credited to the accounts of the preceding months. It dates to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Mesore 1, of the account (?) of Epeiph, [so-and-so] paid […] on behalf of […] of the village
of Karanis 2 drachmas […] […]
and Thoth 2, [of the account of Mesore, … drachmas] […]
The abbreviation a(rithmeseos), "of the reckoning", indicates the month to whose account the payment was credited, here the month before the payment.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Money Payment). 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.1.142
Μεσορὴ α ἀριθμήσεως Ἐπὶφ διέγραψε[…]ὑπὲρ[…]κώμης Καρανίδος δραχμὰς β[…][…] καὶ Θὼθ β ἀριθμήσεως Μεσορὴ δραχμὰς[…]