Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Horos, for his daughter Tamystes, to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41982
Receipt for chaff delivered for heating the gymnasium of Alexandria TM 41982unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of Egypt(Early) IVth century A.D.
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Ostracon receipt recording that Tamystes, through her father Horos, delivered one basket of chaff as fuel for heating the gymnasium of Alexandria. It is signed by Dionysios and dated Choiak 20 and 28, in the early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Choiak 20. Tamystes, through Horos her father, has delivered for the heating of the gymnasium of Alexandria ... (?) of chaff for burning, 1 basket.
I, Dionysios, have signed.
Choiak 28.
The word after 'Alexandria' (βοβυιοπτητου) is unexplained and left untranslated. The descriptive record speaks of chaff of Karanis delivered to an unknown harbor in the Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, so the place is uncertain; a sargane is a basket used as a measure.
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.1.219
Χοίακ κ Ταμύστης διὰ Ὥρου πατρὸς παρήνεγκεν εἰς ὑπόκαυσιν γυμνασίου Ἀλεξανδρείας βοβυιοπτητου ἀχύρου καυσίμου σαργάνην μίαν . Διονύσιος σεσημείωμαι. Χοίακ κη.