Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Sarapion to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41968
Receipt for chaff delivered on behalf of Karanis TM 41968unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptNovember 8, 336 A.D.
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A receipt recording that Sarapion son of Chairemon delivered 120 pounds of chaff on behalf of the village of Karanis for the tenth indiction, with a further 120 pounds delivered through Ision son of Ision. It is signed by Souchidas and dates to 8 November 336.
In English machine translation
Hathyr 12. Sarapion son of Chairemon delivered on behalf of the village of Karanis, for the tenth indiction, chaff, 120 pounds, 120.
And through Ision son of Ision, 120 pounds, 120.
I, Souchidas, have signed.
The text spells the village Keranis, a variant of Karanis. Chaff (achyron) was collected as a tax in kind, often used as fuel or for military needs; the object record suggests it was received at an unknown harbor in the Herakleopolite or Memphite nome.
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.1.206
Ἁθὺρ ιβ παρήνεγκε Σαραπίων Χερήμονος ὑπὲρ κώμης Κερανίδος δεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος ἀχύρου λίτρας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι, ρκ. καὶ διὰ Ἰσίονος Ἰσίονος λίτρας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι, ρκ. Σουχιδᾶς σεσημείωμαι.