Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Kanaout to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41975
Receipt for chaff delivered on behalf of Karanis TM 41975unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptNovember 19, 339 A.D.[?]
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Receipt recording that Kanaout son of Ouenaphrios delivered 120 pounds of chaff on behalf of the village of Karanis for the thirteenth indiction. It is signed by Souchidas and dates probably to 19 November 339.
In English machine translation
Hathyr 21. Kanaout son of Ouenaphrios delivered on behalf of the village of Karanis, for the thirteenth indiction, one hundred twenty pounds of chaff, 120 pounds.
I, Souchidas, have signed.
The year is inferred from the thirteenth indiction and is uncertain. Chaff (achyron) was collected as a tax in kind, used for example as fuel 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.1.212
Ἁθὺρ κα παρήνεγκε Καναοῦτʼ Οὐεναφρίου ὑπὲρ κώμης Καρανίδος τρεισκαιδεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος ἀχύρου λίτρας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι, λίτραι ρκ. Σουχιδᾶς σεσημείωμαι.