Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by Melas to an unknown harbor
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Receipt for chaff for fuel delivered from Karanis by Melas TM 41986unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of Egypt(Late) IIIrd century/(early) IVth century A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording the delivery of three baskets of chaff for fuel from the village of Keranis (Karanis), brought by Melas. It is dated Pauni 3 and belongs to the late 3rd or early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Of the village of Keranis, through Melas. Received (?): of chaff for fuel, 3 sargana-baskets. Pauni 3.
"Keranis" is a spelling of Karanis. The final "Ὃλ" after the name Melas is uncertain and left essentially untranslated; a sargane was a plaited basket used as a measure for chaff.
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.1.222
κώμης Κερανίδος διὰ Μέλα Ὃλ ἀχύρου καυσίμου σαργάνας τρεῖς . Παῦνι τρίτῃ.