Receipt of tax payment in kind
Receipt for chaff
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Fragment of an ostracon receipt for a payment in kind of chaff, 240 pounds, for an indiction year. It dates to the early 4th century AD and comes from a harbor in the Herakleopolite or Memphite nome.
The word 'chaff' is restored; the catalogue description supports it. The amount is written out in words and then repeated in numerals.
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.
Receipt for chaff
[… ? lines lost …] ἰνδικτίονος ἀχύρου λίτρας διακοσίας τεσσαράκοντα, λίτρας σμ[…]
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