Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Sarapammon, son of Horion, to the collectors of Babylon
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41950
Receipt for fuel chaff delivered by Sarapammon for Karanis TM 41950unnamed place, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptAugust 5, 305 A.D.
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Ostracon receipt recording that Sarapammon son of Horion delivered one basket of chaff for fuel on behalf of the village of Karanis, brought to the riverbank. It is dated Mesore 12 of year 13 and 1 (5 August 305) and signed by Neilos and Heron.
In English machine translation
Delivered by Sarapammon son of Horion: of chaff for fuel, 1 sargane (basket), total 1. Year 13 and 1, Mesore 12.
The same man delivered to the bank of the river, for year 13 and year 1, on behalf of the village of Karanis, of chaff for fuel, 1 sargane. I, Neilos, have signed.
I, Heron, have signed.
A sargane is a plaited basket used as a unit of measure for chaff. The double year date reflects the joint regnal years of co-emperors in 305; the descriptive record links the delivery to collectors at Babylon.
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.1.190
παρήνεγκε Σαραπάμων Ὡρίωνος ἀχύρου καυσίμου σαργάνην μίαν, γίνεται α. ἔτους ιγ καὶ α Μεσορὴ ιβ. παρήνεγκεν ὁ αὐτὸς ἐπὶ τὴν ὄχθην τοῦ ποταμοῦ ὑπὲρ ιγ ἔτους καὶ α ἔτους ὑπὲρ κώμης Καρανίδος ἀχύρου καυσίμου σαργάνην μίαν . Νεῖλος σεσημείωμαι. Ἥρων σεσημείωμαι.