Two receipts for the land survey tax on palm groves TM 10248Arsinoites (?)130 - 131

Two successive tax receipts from the reign of Hadrian, probably from the Arsinoite nome. In the 15th and 16th regnal years payments of 65 drachmas 4 obols plus supplementary charges were made to tax collectors, the second explicitly for the geometria tax on palm groves.

In English machine translation

Geometria was a tax on land, here palm groves, assessed by survey; 'additional charges' were the customary surcharges paid with it. The two dates correspond to the two receipts, the second dated Phamenoth 10 of Hadrian's year 16.

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