List of tax payments
Payments of 4 drachmae and multiples of 4 are common, but the amount alone is not enough to determine which tax it is.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 11200
List of tax payments of 4 drachmas by tradesmen and others TM 11200OxyrhynchusEnd of 2nd century A.D.
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A list of men, mostly identified by parentage and trade (weavers, fullers, a tin-worker, a tavern-keeper, shepherds), each paying 4 drachmas, dated Pachon 5 of year 20. It records payments of an unidentified tax, probably from Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome in AD 180.
In English machine translation
Year 20, Pachon 5
Epimachos son of Zoilos, grandson of Orseus, 4 drachmas
Protas son of Heron, called Psaras, tin-worker, 4 drachmas
8 Theon son of Poueris, from Oxyrhynchus, 4 drachmas
9 Dionysis son of Heron, tavern-keeper, 4 drachmas
Patarytis son of Senatymis, called Pemmis, 4 drachmas
Kronis son of Apynchis, grandson of Orsenouphis, 4 drachmas
Kronion son of Kronion, vegetable-seller, 4 drachmas
Herak(...) son of Onnophris, grandson of Herak(...), karastytis (?), 4 drachmas
Herak(...) son of Onnophris, mother Makis, 4 drachmas
Auleris son of Orseus, grandson of Anchiouts, 4 drachmas
Orsenouphis son of Heron, fuller, 4 drachmas
Herakles son of Herakles, oil-maker, 4 drachmas
Harpalos son of Makedon, weaver, 4 drachmas
Harmiysis son of Apynchis, shepherd, 4 drachmas
Protas son of Orsenouphis, grandson of Mieus, wool-seller, 4 drachmas
Protas son of Sarapas, mender, 4 drachmas
Protas son of Heron, grandson of Amais, called Saret, 4 drachmas
Lysas son of Orseus, 4 drachmas
(deleted: Heron son of Zoilos, grandson of Apynchis, A…inos)
Tephorsos son of Herieus, cowherd, 4 drachmas
Kronion, slave of Herak(...) Pao…kouial …, … 1/2 (?)
Hatres son of Pakebkis, fuller, 4 drachmas
Panomieus, son of the same, grandson of Cherno(...), 4 drachmas
Harmiysis son of Protas, called […]s, weaver, 4 drachmas
Orseus son of Protas, grandson of Orseus, weaver, 4 drachmas
Eudaimon, his brother, 4 drachmas
One record places the text at Oxyrhynchus rather than Tebtynis; the tax paid cannot be identified from the amount alone. The word 'karastytis' is obscure and left untranslated.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of Tax - Payments). 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.fouad.1.68
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