Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Kanaout to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41967
Receipt for delivery of chaff by Kanaout of Karanis TM 41967unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptNovember 8, 336 A.D.
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Receipt on an ostracon recording that Kanaout son of Gonaphris from the village of Karanis delivered 120 pounds of chaff for the tenth indiction. It is signed by Souchidas and dated Hathyr 12, which corresponds to 8 November 336.
In English machine translation
Hathyr 12. Kanaout son of Gonaphris, of the village of Keranis (Karanis), delivered for the tenth indiction 120 pounds of chaff {pounds of chaff}, 120 pounds.
I, Souchidas, have signed.
The scribe accidentally repeated the words "pounds of chaff". Chaff (achyron) was collected as a tax in kind, often for fuel or for use in brickmaking 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.1.205
Ἁθὺρ ιβ παρήνεγκε Καναοῦτ Γονᾶφρι κώμης Κερανίδος δεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος ἀχύρου λίτρας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι, λίτραι ρκ. Σουχιδᾶς σεσημείωμαι.