Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for delivery of chaff by Arabikos, son of Ptollas
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41936
Receipt for a basket of chaff delivered at the station of Akanthon TM 41936either Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, or unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptNovember 17, 297 A.D.
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A receipt issued by Aurelius Dionas, a town councillor serving as superintendent of chaff, acknowledging delivery of one basket of chaff from Arabikos son of Ptollas at the station of Akanthon. It is dated 17 November 297.
In English machine translation
Aurelius Dionas, councillor, superintendent of chaff, to Arabikos son of Ptollas, greeting. I have received from you at the station of Akanthon 1 basket of chaff, total 1. Year 2, Hathyr 21.
The provenance is uncertain: the ostracon may be from Karanis or from a harbour in the Herakleopolite or Memphite nome. A 'sargane' is a woven basket used as a unit for chaff; the 'mone' was a station or depot.
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 Delivery in Kind). 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.1.177
Αὐρήλιος Διονᾶς βουλευτὴς ἐπιμελητὴς ἀχύρου Ἀραβικῷ Πτολλᾷ χαίρειν. παρέλαβον παρὰ σοῦ ἐν τῇ μονῇ Ἀκανθῶνος ἀχύρου σαργάνην μίαν, γείνεται α. ἔτους β Ἁθὺρ κα.