Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for delivery of chaff
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41938
Receipt for chaff delivered at the harbour of Leukogion TM 41938Leukogion, Herakleopolite nome, province of EgyptJuly 23, 297 A.D.
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A receipt issued by Aurelius Polydeukes, superintendent of the harbour at Leukogion, acknowledging delivery of one basket of chaff, with its freight charges, from Sarapammon son of Heras of the village of Ptolemais under the levy of the 5th year. It is dated 23 July 297.
In English machine translation
Aurelius Polydeukes, superintendent of the harbour of Leukogion. I have received on account of the 5th year's levy (epigraphe) of the village of Ptolemais, in the name of Sarapammon son of Heras, 1 sargane (basket) of chaff, and the freight charges for it.
Year 13 and 12 and 5, Epeiph 29.
The regnal date 'Year 13 and 12 and 5' counts the years of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars Constantius and Galerius together. The epigraphe was an assessed levy in kind; a sargane was a plaited basket used as a measure for chaff.
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.1.179
Αὐρήλιος Πολυδεύκης ἐπιμελητὴς ὅρμου Λευκογείου. παρέλαβον ὑπὲρ ε ἔτους ἐπιγραφῆς κώμης Πτολεμαίδος ὀνόματος Σαραπάμμωνος Ἡρᾶδος ἀχύρων σαργάνην μίαν καὶ τούτων τὰ ναῦλα. ἔτους ιγ καὶ ιβ καὶ ε Ἐπεὶφ κθ.