Receipt of tax payment in kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by a Pleein to an unknown harbor
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 42659
Receipt for a basket of fuel chaff delivered to the riverbank for Karanis TM 42659unnamed place, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of Egypt305/306[?] A.D.
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A receipt recording that Pleein son of Eudaimon delivered one basket of chaff for fuel to the riverbank on behalf of the village of Karanis, as a tax payment in kind for the 13th and 1st regnal years. It is signed by Heron, Kalandos and Neilos, and probably dates to AD 305/306.
In English machine translation
Pleein son of Eudaimon delivered to the bank of the river 1 sargane (basket) of chaff for burning on behalf of the village of Karanis, for the 13th year and the 1st year.
Heron and Kalandos, we have signed.
Neilos, I have signed.
The double year '13th and 1st' reflects concurrent regnal years of co-emperors under the Tetrarchy. The sargane was a basket used as a unit for chaff, which served as fuel, for example for heating baths.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt of tax payment 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.2.781
παρήνεγκεν Πλήειν Εὐδαίμονος ἐπὶ τὴν ὄχθην τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀχύρου καυσίμου σαργάνην μίαν ὑπὲρ κώμης Καρανίδος ὑπὲρ ιγ ἔτους καὶ α ἔτους. Ἥρων καὶ Κάλανδος σεσημειώμεθα. Νεῖλος σεσημείωμαι.