Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Isak to an unknown harbor
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Receipt for chaff delivered for the villagers of Karanis TM 41979unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptSeptember 10, 342 A.D.
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Ostracon receipt recording the delivery of 120 pounds of chaff on behalf of the villagers of Karanis, brought by Isak son of Ision, for the 16th indiction. It is signed by a certain Diatimos and dated Thoth 13 (10 September 342).
In English machine translation
Thoth 13. Delivered on behalf of the villagers of Karanis through Isak son of Ision, for the 16th indiction: chaff, one hundred twenty pounds, 120 lb.
I, Diatimos, have signed.
The pound (litra) here is the Roman pound of about 327 g. The signer's name Diatimos is partly restored.
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.1.216
Θὼθ ιγ παρηνέχθησαν ὑπὲρ κωμητῶν Καρανίδος διὰ Ἰσὰκ Ἰσίωνος ὑπὲρ ιϛ ἰνδικτίονος ἀχύρου λίτραι ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι, λίτραι ρκ. Διατιμῶς σεσημείωμαι.