Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Taeisaris to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41962
Receipt for chaff delivered on behalf of Karanis TM 41962unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptJuly 15, 348 (or 333) A.D.
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A short receipt on an ostracon recording that Taeisaris delivered 120 pounds of chaff on behalf of the village of Karanis for the sixth indiction. It is signed by Souchidas and dates to 15 July of AD 348 or 333.
In English machine translation
Epeiph 21. Taeisaris delivered on behalf of the village of Karanis, for the sixth indiction, 120 pounds of chaff. I, Souchidas, have signed.
The descriptive record places the delivery at an unknown harbour in the Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, though the text concerns Karanis. Chaff (achyron) was used for fuel and in brickmaking.
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.1.200
Ἐπὶφ κα παρήνεγκε Ταεισᾶρις ὑπὲρ κώμης Καρανίδος ἕκτης ἰνδικτίονος ἀχύρου λίτρας ρκ. Σουχιδᾶς σεσημείωμαι.