Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Panis to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41973
Receipt for delivery of chaff from Karanis TM 41973unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptJuly 25, 338 A.D.
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Receipt recording that a man named Panis delivered 150 pounds of chaff from Karanis for the 12th indiction year. It is signed by Ision son of Ammonios and dated Mesore 2, corresponding to 25 July 338.
In English machine translation
Mesore 2.
Panis delivered for the 12th year of the indiction, (on behalf of the village of) Kenos (?) of Karanis, chaff, 150 (one hundred fifty) pounds, total 150 pounds.
I, Ision son of Ammonios, have signed.
The phrase rendered 'village of Kenos (?) of Karanis' is obscure in the Greek. Chaff (achyron) was collected in kind, often as fuel or for military use, and was measured by the Roman pound (litra).
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.1.210
Μεσορὴ β παρήνεγκε Πάνις ὑπὲρ ιβ ἔτους ἰνδικτίονος κώμης Κενοῦ Καρανίδος ἀχύρου λίτρας ἑκατὸν πεντήκοντα, γίνονται λίτραι ρν. Ἰσίων Ἀμμωνίου σεσημείωμαι.