Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Kanaout to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41971
Receipt for chaff delivered by Kanaout of Karanis TM 41971unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptJuly 29, 337 A.D.[?]
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Ostracon receipt recording that Kanaout son of Ouenaphris of Karanis delivered 60 pounds of chaff for the 11th indiction, with a further 60 pounds credited on behalf of the village of Karanis. It is dated Mesore 5, probably 29 July 337.
In English machine translation
Mesore 5. Kanaout son of Ouenaphris, of the village of Karanis, has delivered for the 11th indiction sixty pounds of chaff, 60 lbs. And on behalf of the village of Karanis sixty pounds, [60 lbs.] […] I have signed.
Chaff (achyron) was collected as a tax in kind, often for military use or for making bricks. One description places the delivery at an unknown harbor in the Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, but the text itself names only Karanis.
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.1.209
Μεσορὴ ε παρήνεγκε Καναοῦτ Οὐεναφρίου κώμης Καρανίδος ια ἰνδικτίονος ἀχύρου λίτρας ἑξήκοντα, λίτραι ξ. καὶ ὑπὲρ κώμης Καρανίδος λίτρας ἑξήκοντα, λίτραι ξ[…] σεσημείωμαι.