Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Sek(--)(?) to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41976
Receipt for chaff delivered for the public dues of Karanis TM 41976unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptAugust 4, 342 A.D.
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
A receipt recording that a man named Sek(...) delivered 120 pounds of chaff toward the public taxes of the village of Karanis for the sixteenth indiction. It was signed by Ision on Mesore 11 (4 August 342).
In English machine translation
Mesore 11.
Sek(...) has delivered likewise on account of the public dues of Karanis, for the sixteenth indiction, one hundred twenty pounds of chaff, total 120 pounds, only.
I, Ision, have signed.
The deliverer's name is abbreviated as Sek(...) and its full form is uncertain. The word "likewise" suggests this receipt belonged to a series of similar receipts.
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.1.213
Μεσορὴ ια παρήνεγκε Σεκ ὁμοίως ὑπὲρ δημοσίων Καρανίδος ὑπὲρ ἑκκαιδεκάτης ἰνδικτίονος ἀχύρου λίτρας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι, γίνονται λίτραι ρκ, μόνας. Ἰσίων σεσημείωμαι.