Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for delivery of chaff
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41942
Receipt for delivery of chaff for the public dues of Karanis TM 41942Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptAugust/September, 301 A.D.
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A receipt issued by four collectors, the Aurelii Dioskoros, Philadelphos, Serenos and Ischyrion, to Aurelius Isidoros son of Chairemon. It records that Serenos son of Philotas delivered 150 pounds of chaff for the public dues of Karanis. It was written at Karanis in the Arsinoite nome in Thoth (August/September) AD 301.
In English machine translation
The Aurelii Dioskoros and Philadelphos and Serenos and Ischyrion to Aurelius Isidoros son of Chairemon, greetings.
Serenos son of Philotas has measured in, for the public dues of Karanis, for year 17 [and year 16] and year 9, 150 pounds of chaff.
Year 18 and 17 and 10, Thoth […]
The double and triple regnal years (18, 17 and 10) reflect the joint reigns of the Tetrarchs Diocletian, Maximian and their Caesars. The recipient Aurelius Isidoros is well known from the archive of Isidoros of Karanis.
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.1.183
Αὐρήλιοι Διόσκορος καὶ Φιλάδελφος καὶ Σερῆνος καὶ Ἰσχυρίων Αὐρηλίῳ Ἰσιδώρῳ Χαιρήμονος χαίρειν. ἐνμεμέτρηκεν Σερῆνος Φιλώτα ὑπὲρ δημοσίων Καρανίδος ὑπὲρ ιζ ἔτους καὶ ιϛ ἔτους καὶ θ ἔτους ἀχύρου λίτρας ρν. ἔτους ιη καὶ ιζ καὶ ι Θὼθ …