Payment for Use of Pastures
Acknowledging the receipt of 48 drachmae huper phor(ou) nom�n.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 10911
Receipt for payment of pasture dues at Philoteris TM 10911Kasr el BanâtA.D. 233
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A tax receipt recording that Aurelius Serenus paid 48 drachmas in pasture dues to the money-tax collectors of the village of Philoteris. It dates to 2 April 233, in the reign of Severus Alexander, and was found at Euhemeria in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Year 12 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, Pharmouthi 7. Aurelius Serenus ⟦shepherd⟧ has paid through Aurelius Dioskoros and partners, collectors of money taxes of the village of Philoteris, for pasture dues 48 drachmas, total 48 drachmas.
The word 'shepherd' after Serenus' name was deleted by the scribe. 'Pasture dues' renders phoros nomon, a charge for grazing rights on pasture land.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Payment for Use of Pastures). 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.fay.61
ἔτους ιβ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀλεξάνδρου Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ, Φαρμοῦθι ζ, διέγραψε διὰ Αὐρηλίου Διοσκόρου καὶ μετόχων πρακτόρων ἀργυρικῶν κώμης Φιλωτερίδος Αὐρήλιος Σερῆνος ὑπὲρ φόρου νομῶν δραχμὰς τεσσεράκοντα ὀκτώ, γίνονται δραχμαὶ μη.