Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Melas, son of Horos, to the collectors of Babylon
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Receipt for chaff from Karanis sent to Babylon TM 41948unnamed place, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptJuly 5, 305 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording that Melas son of Horos delivered 30 baskets (sarganai) of chaff on behalf of the village of Karanis to the riverbank, for shipment to Babylon (near modern Cairo). It is signed by Heron, Kalandos and Neilos and dated Epeiph 11, corresponding to 5 July 305.
In English machine translation
Melas son of Horos delivered to the bank of the river, on account of ⟦…⟧ half (?) of year 21 and year 13 and year 1, on behalf of the village of Karanis, 30 sarganai of chaff being sent to Babylon.
We, Heron and Kalandos, have signed.
I, Neilos, have signed. Epeiph 11.
A sargane is a woven basket used as a measure for chaff; the regnal years 21, 13 and 1 reflect the overlapping reigns of the Tetrarchs. The symbol before 'year 21' is read here as 'half', which is uncertain.
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.1.189
παρήνεγκεν Μέλας Ὥρου ἐπὶ τὴν ὄχθην τοῦ ποταμοῦ ὑπὲρ 𐅵 κα ἔτους καὶ ιγ ἔτους καὶ α ἔτους ὑπὲρ κώμης Καρανίδος ἀχύρου σαργάνας λ ἀποστελλομένας ἐν Βαβυλῶνι. Ἥρων καὶ Κάλανδος σεσημειώμεθα. Νεῖλος σεσημείωμαι Ἐπὶφ ια.