Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for delivery of chaff
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41943
Receipt for delivery of chaff for public dues of Karanis TM 41943probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt301 A.D.
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Ostracon receipt issued by four Aurelii, probably collectors, acknowledging that Pemes son of Myrinos delivered chaff for the public dues of Karanis for several regnal years. It dates to AD 301, probably from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Aurelii Dioskoros and Philadelphos and Serenos and Ischyrion to Aurelius […], greetings. Pemes son of Myrinos has measured in, for the 17th year and 16th year and 9th year, on account of the public dues of the village of Karanis, pounds of chaff […]
The names of the issuers, the years and the reference to chaff and Karanis are largely restored. The quantity of chaff is lost.
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.1.184
Αὐρήλιοι Διόσκορος καὶ Φιλάδελφος καὶ Σερῆνος καὶ Ἰσχυρίων Αὐρηλίῳ […] χαίρειν. ἐνμεμέτρηκε Πεμῆτος Μυρίνου ὑπὲρ ιζ ἔτους καὶ ιϛ ἔτους καὶ ἐνάτου ἔτους ὑπὲρ δημοσίων κώμης Καρανίδος ἀχύρου λίτρας[…]