A receipt for money taxes paid to Sotas and his fellow tax collectors at the village of Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum, with a payment made through Herieus. It is dated Thoth 9 in a regnal year of the joint reign of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, and records sums of 68 and 39 drachmas.
In English machine translation
Year [1]6 (?) of Aurelii [Antoninus and] Commodus the lords Augusti, Thoth 9.
Paid to Sotas [and fellow collectors] of money taxes of the village of Soknopaiou Nesos
[…] through Herieus, grandson
[…] through the additional charge (?)
for year 1 (?)
[…] year 20 (?), 68 drachmas, total 68 drachmas.
[Likewise] […] 39 drachmas, [total 38 (?) drachmas].
The restored total in the last line (38) does not match the 39 drachmas written out, suggesting an error in the text or restoration. The regnal year number is only partly preserved.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tax Receipt). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.