Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Alexandros to the collectors of Babylon
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41954
Receipt for chaff delivered to the river bank for Karanis TM 41954unnamed place, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of Egypt305/306 A.D.[?]
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An ostracon receipt recording that Alexandros delivered one basket of chaff for fuel to the river bank on behalf of the village of Karanis, for the 13th and 1st regnal years. It is signed by two officials, Heron and Neilos, probably around AD 305/306.
In English machine translation
Alexandros has delivered to the bank of the river, on behalf of the village of Karanis, for the 13th year and the 1st year, of chaff for fuel, one basket.
I, Heron, have signed.
I, Neilos, have signed.
The double year reference (13th and 1st) reflects the overlapping regnal counts of the early 4th century; the date is uncertain. The 'sargane' was a woven basket used as a unit for chaff, which was burned as fuel.
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.1.194
παρήνεγκεν Ἀλάξανδρος ἐπὶ τὴν ὄχθην τοῦ ποταμοῦ ὑπὲρ κώμης Καρανίδος ὑπὲρ ιγ ἔτους καὶ α ἔτους ἀχύρου καυσίμου σαργάνην μίαν . Ἥρων σεσημείωμαι. Νεῖλος σεσημείαμαι.