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Receipt for instalments of paradeisos tax and geometria TM 10256Karanis (Arsinoites)26. Mai - 24. Juni 220

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A running tax receipt from Karanis recording a series of instalments paid by Longinus son of Heraklianus to Aurelius Melas, secretary of the collectors of money taxes. The payments were for the tax on orchards (paradeisos) and the land-survey charge (geometria) for year 3 of Elagabalus, AD 219/220.

In English machine translation

Year 3 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Felix Pius Augustus, Thoth 25. Longinus son of Heraklianus paid to Aurelius Melas, secretary of the collectors of money taxes of Karanis, for the paradeisos (tax) of the same year, 12 drachmas, dr. 12; Phaophi 1, another 12 drachmas, dr. 12; Hathyr 1, another 12 drachmas, dr. 12; Choiak 29, another 12 drachmas, dr. 12; Tybi […], another 12 drachmas, dr. 12; Mecheir 8, another 12 drachmas, dr. 12; and through me, Aurelius Dioskoros, Phamenoth 9, for geometria of the same year, 20 drachmas, total dr. 20; Pharmouthi 8, another 12 drachmas, total dr. 12; Pachon 6, another 20 drachmas, total dr. 20; Pauni […], another 16 drachmas, total dr. 16.

The emperor is Elagabalus, whose titulature resembles that of Caracalla. Paradeisos was a tax on orchard or garden land, and geometria a charge connected with land survey; neither has an exact English equivalent.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Payments for Paradeisos Tax and Geometria). 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 · 26. Mai - 24. Juni 220 · Karanis (Arsinoites)

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