Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Kerkesoucha and Karanis brought by Isidoros to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41963
Receipt for chaff from Kerkesoucha and Karanis delivered by Isidoros TM 41963unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptJuly 25, 348 (or 333) A.D.
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Short receipt on an ostracon for 120 pounds of chaff delivered by Isidoros on behalf of the villages of Kerkesoucha and Karanis for the sixth indiction, signed by Souchidas. It dates to 25 July 348 or possibly 333 AD.
In English machine translation
Mesore 1. Of Kerkesoucha and Karanis, through Isidoros, for the sixth indiction, chaff, 120 pounds.
I, Souchidas, have signed.
The sixth indiction allows either AD 333 or 348. One record places the receipt at an unknown harbour in the Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, though the villages named are in the Fayum.
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.1.201
Μεσορὴ α Κερκεσούχων Καρανίδος διὰ Ἰσιδώρου ἕκτης ἰνδικτίονος ἀχύρου λίτρας ρκ. Σουχιδᾶς σεσημείωμαι.