Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for delivery of chaff
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41940
Receipt for delivery of chaff for the public dues of Karanis TM 41940Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptSeptember 6, 301 A.D.
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Receipt issued by four Aurelii, probably collectors, to Aurelius Aunes son of Mikkalos, acknowledging that Pnas son of Anouphis delivered 150 pounds of chaff for the public dues of the village of Karanis. It was written at Karanis on 6 September 301.
In English machine translation
Aurelii Dioskoros son of Chairemon, and Philadelphos, and Serenos, and Ischyrion, to Aurelius Aunes son of Mikkalos, greeting. Pnas son of Anouphis has measured in, for the 17th year and the 16th year and the 9th year,
for the public dues of the village of Karanis,
150 pounds of chaff.
Year 18 and 17 and 10, Thoth 9.
The triple regnal year (18, 17 and 10) reflects the joint reign of Diocletian, Maximian and the Caesars Constantius and Galerius. Chaff was levied for military and public use, often for fuel or brickmaking.
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.1.181
Αὐρήλιοι Διόσκορος Χαιρήμονος καὶ Φιλάδελφος καὶ Σερῆνος καὶ Ἰσχυρίων Αὐρηλίῳ Αὐνῇ Μικκάλου χαίρειν. ἐνμεμέτρηκε Πνᾶς Ἀνούφιος ὑπὲρ ιζ ἔτους καὶ ιϛ ἔτους καὶ θ ἔτους ὑπὲρ δημοσίων κώμης Καρανίδος ἀχύρου λίτρας ρν. ἔτους ιη καὶ ιζ καὶ ι Θὼθ θ.