Receipt of tax payment in kind
Receipt for chaff of Karanis brought by a Chairemon
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Receipt for chaff delivered on behalf of the villagers of Karanis TM 42663unknown harbor, Herakleopolite or Memphite nome, province of EgyptIVth century A.D.
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A receipt recording that Chairemon son of Demetrios delivered 120 pounds of chaff on behalf of the villagers of Karanis for the 14th indiction. It was dated Mesore 7 and signed by an official whose name is abbreviated, in the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
Mesore 7.
Chairemon son of Demetrios delivered, on behalf of the villagers of Karanis, for the 14th indiction, one hundred twenty pounds of chaff, 120 pounds only.
Apouli[…], I have signed.
Chaff (achyron) was collected as a tax in kind, often used for fuel or for the army. One record places the receipt at an unknown harbor in the Herakleopolite or Memphite nome rather than at Karanis itself.
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.2.785
Μεσορὴ ζ παρήνεγκεν Χαιρήμων Δημητρίου ὑπὲρ ιδ ἰνδικτίονος κωμητῶν Καρανίδος ἀχύρου λίτρας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι, λίτρας ρκ μόνας. Ἀπουλι σεσημείωμαι.