Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Sabinus and Kanaout to an unknown harbor
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Receipt for delivery of chaff from Keranis TM 41966unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptSeptember 25, 336 A.D.
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A receipt for deliveries of chaff (straw) for the tenth indiction, brought by Sabinus son of Aion of the village of Keranis and by others, totalling 600 pounds. It is signed by Souchidas and dates to 25 September 336.
In English machine translation
Thoth 28. Delivered by Sabinus son of Aion, of the village of Keranis, for the tenth indiction: 240 pounds of chaff, total 240.
And through Sabinus 120 pounds, 120. And through Kanaout 120 pounds, 120. And through Valerius son of Venaphris (?) 120 pounds, 120.
I, Souchidas, have signed: 600 pounds of chaff.
The village Keranis is probably Karanis in the Fayum. The individual entries (240 + 120 + 120 + 120) add up to the 600 pounds signed for; chaff was a requisition in kind used for fuel, brickmaking or 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.1.204
Θὼθ κη παρήνεγκε Σαβῖνος Ἀιῶνος κώμης Κερανίδος δεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος ἀχύρου λίτρας διακοσίας τεσσαράκοντα, γίνονται σμ. καὶ διὰ Σαβίνου λίτρας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι, ρκ. καὶ διὰ Καναοῦτ λίτρας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι, ρκ. καὶ διὰ Οὐαλερίου Οὐεναφρίου λίτρας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι, ρκ. Σουχιδᾶς σεσημείωμαι ἀ…