Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Neilos, for Kapeeis, to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41980
Receipt for chaff delivered on behalf of the villagers of Karanis TM 41980unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of Egypt(Early) IVth century A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording a delivery of chaff (straw) made on behalf of the villagers of Karanis through Neilos son of Nemesion, for the 16th indiction year. It dates to the early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Thoth 16. Kapeeis, on behalf of the villagers of Karanis, through Neilos son of Nemesion, for the 16th indiction: chaff, 12[…] pounds […]
Her[…], I have signed.
The exact quantity and the signer's name are lost. One record places the delivery at an unknown harbor in the Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, and Kapeeis may be a place name rather than a person.
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.1.217
Θὼθ ιϛ Καπέεις ὑπὲρ κωμητῶν Καρανίδος διὰ Νείλου Νεμεσίονος ὑπὲρ ιϛ ἰνδικτίονος ἀχύρου λίτρας ιβ[…][…] Ἡρ[…]σεσημείωμαι.