Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff delivered to an unknown harbor by Melas, son of Horos
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41952
Receipt for delivery of a basket of fuel chaff by Melas TM 41952unnamed place, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptAugust 15, 305 A.D.
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Ostracon receipt recording that Melas son of Horion delivered one basket of chaff for use as fuel. It is dated Mesore 22 of regnal years 13 and 1, corresponding to 15 August 305, in the Herakleopolite or Memphite nome.
In English machine translation
Delivered by Melas son of Horion: 1 basket (sargane) of chaff for fuel, total 1.
Year 13 and 1, Mesore 22.
The double regnal year (13 and 1) reflects the joint reign of emperors in the Tetrarchy. The descriptive record calls the father Horos, but the text reads Horion; a sargane is a woven basket used as a measure of chaff.
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.1.192
παρήνεγκε Μέλας Ὡρίωνος ἀχύρου καυσίμου σαργάνην μίαν, γίνεται α. ἔτους ιγ καὶ α Μεσορὴ κβ.