Receipt of tax payment in kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by the attendant Petronis
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Receipt for chaff delivered by the attendant Petronis of Karanis TM 42660unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptDecember 25, 344 A.D.
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A receipt recording that Petronis, an attendant from Karanis, delivered 240 pounds of chaff, apparently as a tax payment in kind for the third indiction. It is signed by Ouranis and dated Choiak 29, corresponding to 25 December 344.
In English machine translation
Choiak 29. Petronis, attendant, of Karanis, delivered for the third (indiction) two hundred forty pounds of chaff, 240 pounds only. I, Ouranis, have signed.
The word diakonos here likely means an attendant or official's assistant rather than a church deacon. Chaff (achyron) was collected as a tax in kind, used for fuel and for tempering bricks; one record places the delivery at an unknown 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 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.2.782
Χοιὰκ κθ παρήνεγκεν Πετρόνις διάκονος Καρανίδος τρίτης ἀχύρου λίτρας διακοσίας τεσσαράκοντα, λίτρας σμ μόνας. Οὐράνις σεσημείωμαι.