Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41992
Receipt for chaff delivered from Karanis TM 41992unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of Egypt(Early) IVth century A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording that several men, including one Psenas, of the village of Karanis delivered a quantity of chaff, probably 120 pounds, for an indiction year. It dates to the early 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Mesore […] […]
[…]ios and Psenas and […] brought in […]
[…] of the village of Karanis […]
[…] indiction, [of chaff, pounds]
one hundred [twenty, total 120].
The commodity (chaff) and the amount of 120 pounds are restored by the editor. The catalogue places the receiving harbor in the Herakleopolite or Memphite nome.
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.1.228
Μεσορὴ[…][…] παρήνεγκον[…] ιος καὶ Ψενᾶς καὶ …[…] δος κώμης Καρανίδος[…] ἰνδικτίονος ἀχύρου λίτρας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι, γίνονται ρκ.