Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Panesates, son of Aunes, to the collectors of Babylon
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Receipt for chaff delivered from Karanis to the overseers at Babylon TM 41946unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptAugust 31[?], 303 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt in which two overseers of chaff for Babylon acknowledge that Panesates son of Aunes delivered one basket of chaff on behalf of the village of Karanis for several regnal years. It dates to about 31 August 303 AD.
In English machine translation
Aurelius Apollonios and Aurelius Ptolemaios, overseers of chaff for Babylon. Panesates son of Aunes has delivered on behalf of the village of Karanis 1 sarganē (basket) for year 19 and year 18 and year 11. Thoth 2.
Babylon here is the fortress near modern Old Cairo, where chaff was collected for the military. The years 19, 18 and 11 refer to the concurrent regnal years of the Tetrarchic emperors, and a sarganē is a large plaited basket used as a unit.
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.1.187
Αὐρήλιοι Ἀπολλώνιος καὶ Πτολεμαῖος ἐπιμεληταὶ ἀχύρου Βαβυλῶνος. παρήνενκεν Πανεσάτης Αὐνῆ ὑπὲρ κώμης Καρανίδος σαργάνην α ὑπὲρ ιθ ἔτους καὶ ιη ἔτους καὶ ια ἔτους. Θὼθ β.