Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Atisis to the collectors of Babylon
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41953
Receipt for a basket of fuel chaff delivered on behalf of Karanis TM 41953unnamed place, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptDecember 27[?], 305 A.D.
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Ostracon receipt recording that Atisis delivered one basket of chaff for fuel to the riverbank on behalf of the village of Karanis, for the 13th and 1st regnal years. It is signed by Heron and Neilos and dated Tybi 1, probably 27 December AD 305.
In English machine translation
Atisis has delivered to the bank of the river, on behalf of the village of Karanis, for the 13th year and the 1st year, 1 basket of chaff for fuel. I, Heron, have signed.
I, Neilos, have signed. Tybi 1.
The double year (13th and 1st) reflects the change of rulers in AD 305. The 'sargane' is a woven basket used as a unit for chaff, which was burnt as fuel, perhaps for baths or kilns.
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.1.193
παρήνεγκεν Ἀτῖσις ἐπὶ τὴν ὄχθην τοῦ ποταμοῦ ὑπὲρ κώμης Καρανίδος ὑπὲρ ιγ ἔτους καὶ α ἔτους ἀχύρου καυσίμου σαργάνην μίαν . Ἥρων σεσημείωμαι. Νεῖλος σεσημείωμαι. Τῦβι α.