Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Aurelius Oktas(?) to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41958
Receipt for delivery of chaff from Karanis TM 41958unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of Egypt(Early) IVth century A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording that Aurelius Oktas son of Kainos, from the village of Karanis, delivered 240 pounds of chaff for the third indiction, through an agent named Sarapion. It dates to the early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Mesore 1.
Aurelius Oktas son of Kainos, of Karanis, has delivered for the third indiction 240 (?) pounds of chaff, total 240, only,
through Sarapion.
The unit 'pounds' is restored in a gap. Chaff (achyron) was collected as a tax in kind, used for fuel and fodder.
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.1.198
Μεσορὴ α. παρήνεγκεν Αὐρήλιος Ὀκτᾶς Καινοῦ Καρανείδος ὑπὲρ τρίτης ἰνδικτίονος ἀχύρου λίτρας διακοσίας τεσσεράκοντα, γίνονται σμ, μόνας, διὰ Σαραπίωνος.