Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Kanandros to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41959
Receipt for chaff delivered by Kanandros for Karanis TM 41959unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of Egypt(Early) IVth century A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording two deliveries of 120 pounds of chaff each, made by Kanandros on behalf of the village of Karanis for the fifth indiction on Thoth 28. Each entry is signed by Ouranios, early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Thoth 28. Kanandros delivered on behalf of the village of Karanis, for the fifth indiction, 120 pounds of chaff, 120 pounds, only. I, Ouranios, have signed.
And on the same day he delivered 120 pounds of chaff, 120 pounds. I, Ouranios, have signed.
One record locates the receiving harbor in the Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, while the text itself names only Karanis as the paying village. The chaff (achyron) was likely a tax in kind, perhaps used for fuel or brick-making.
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.1.199
Θὼθ κη παρήνεγκε Κάνανδρος ὑπὲρ κώμης Καρανίδος πέμπτης ἰνδικτίονος ἀχύρου λίτρας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι, λίτραι ρκ, μόνας. Οὐράνιος σεσημείωμαι. καὶ τῇ αὐτῇ παρήνεγκε ἀχύρου λίτρας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι, λίτραι ρκ. Οὐράνιος σεσημείωμαι.