Tax receipt
Receipt made out in the 12th year of Marcus Aurelius by the collectors of money taxes of Soknopaiou Nesos for payment of the dike tax of the 11th year.
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Receipt for dike tax paid by Herieus son of Tesenouphis TM 10604Soknopaiou Nesos, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt26 June, 172 A.D.
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A tax receipt from Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum, dated 26 June 172 AD. Herieus son of Tesenouphis paid the dike tax for the 11th year of Marcus Aurelius to the collector Orsenouphis and his associates, with supplementary charges.
In English machine translation
Year 12 of Aurelius Antoninus Caesar the lord, Epeiph 2. Herieus son of Tesenouphis the elder, son of Tesenouphis, his mother being Tanephreis, has paid to Orsenouphis and his associates, collectors of money taxes of Soknopaiou Nesos, for the dike tax of year 11, 6 drachmas 4 obols, with additional charges of 1 drachma 2 chalkoi; total 7 drachmas 4 obols 2 chalkoi.
The dike tax (chomatikon) paid for the upkeep of the irrigation embankments. The additional charges (prosdiagraphomena) were surcharges levied on top of the main tax.
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.
p.corn.42
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