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Account of wheat taxes paid on catoecic and sacred land TM 10572Tebtynis (Arsinoites)188 - 189

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An account of wheat taxes paid on catoecic and sacred land, dated in the reign of Commodus, from Tebtynis in the Fayum. It records areas in arouras, the wheat due, and additional surcharges for Sarapammon son of Apollonios, his daughter Didymarion, Onesimos also called Herakleides and others, with village totals.

In English machine translation

[…] … of Aurelius Commodus Antoninus [Caesar] the lord, and it is: […] [Sarapam]mon son of Apollonios, together with the (shares) for Didymarion his daughter and for Onesimos also called Herakleides: [catoecic land, 12] 1/2 1/4 arouras, 13 1/3 1/24 artabas of wheat, additional charges 2 1/4 artabas of wheat, total 15 1/2 1/8 artabas of wheat. […] … 4 arouras … sacred (land), 7 artabas of wheat. […] of Herakleides, catoecic land 2 1/2 arouras, 2 1/2 1/8 artabas of wheat. […] 1/3 1/24, sacred (land) 3 arouras, 6 1/6 artabas of wheat, additional charges [1] 1/24 artaba of wheat […] [1] 1/3 1/24 [artaba of wheat], additional charges 1/6 1/24 artaba of wheat, 11 1/2 1/3 artabas of wheat. […] [total] of the village 34 1/3 1/8 artabas of wheat. […] […]soureus and Sambath[…] … son of Alexandros [through] Sarapammon son of Apollonios and his daughter Didymarion: […] … 30 3/4 arouras, 31 1/2 artabas of wheat, additional charges 5 1/12 artabas of wheat, […] [total] of the village 36 1/2 1/12 artabas of wheat. […] […] of Herakleides, through Sarapammon son of Apollonios: [catoecic land] 3 1/4 1/8 1/24 [arouras], 3 1/2 1/24 artabas of wheat, additional charges 1/2 1/12 artaba of wheat, […] [total] of the village 4 1/8 artabas of wheat. […] […] of Herakleides, through Didymarion daughter of Sarapammon: [catoecic land] 2 1/2 [arouras], 2 1/2 1/8 artabas of wheat, additional charges 1/3 1/12 artaba of wheat, […] [total] of the village 3 1/24 artabas of wheat.

The 'additional charges' (prosmetroumena) were surcharges measured out on top of the basic grain tax. Catoecic land was land originally held by military settlers, taxed at a low rate.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Liste de rentrées d’impôts payés en blé). 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 · 188 - 189 · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

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