Receipt for Delivery in Kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought to an unknown harbor
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Opening of a receipt recording a delivery made on behalf of the village of Karanis, dated Mesore 6. The rest of the text, including the commodity and quantity, is lost.
The museum description identifies the commodity as chaff delivered to an unknown harbor in the Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, but this does not survive in the preserved lines.
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.
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought to an unknown harbor
Μεσορὴ ϛ παρήνεγκον ὑπὲρ κώμης Καρανίδος ὀνόματος [… ? lines lost …]
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