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Running receipt for poll tax paid in monthly instalments TM 10069Philadelphia (Arsinoites)25. Okt. 223

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A running receipt recording monthly instalments of 4 drachmas of poll tax paid by Mouis son of Ischyras to the money-tax collectors of the village of Philopator, first Patomis and later Aurelius Heron, with their associates. The payments run from year 1 into year 3 of Severus Alexander (AD 222-224), in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

Year 1 of Marcus Aurelius Alexander Pius Felix Augustus. Mouis son of Ischyras has paid to Patomis and his associates, collectors of money taxes of the village of Philopator, for poll tax of the same year: Epeiph 20, four drachmas, total 4 dr.; Mesore 29, four drachmas, total 4 dr.; year 2, Thoth 26, four drachmas, 4 dr.; Phaophi, four drachmas, 4 dr.; Hathyr 24, four drachmas, 4 dr.; Choiak 24, four drachmas, total 4 dr. Year 2 of Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, Tybi 27. Mouis has paid to Aurelius Heron and his associates, collectors of money taxes of the village of Philopator, four drachmas, 4 dr.; Mecheir 23, four drachmas, 4 dr.; Phamenoth 2[…], four drachmas, 4 dr.; Pharmouthi 28, four drachmas, 4 dr.; Pachon 27, four drachmas, 4 dr.; Pauni 24, four drachmas, 4 dr.; Epeiph 28, four drachmas […] four drachmas […] four drachmas, 4 dr. […] 8 dr. […] Thoth 23 […] Phaophi 27, drachmas […] four drachmas […] four drachmas, 4 dr. […]

The village named in the text is Philopator, though the records place the document at Philadelphia. The laographia was the poll tax levied on adult Egyptian males, here paid in small monthly sums.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçu de la λαογραφία). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 25. Okt. 223 · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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