One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 11234
Receipts for dike tax paid by two brothers at Soknopaiou Nesos TM 11234Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)27. Juni 216
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Tax receipts recording payments of the dike tax for the previous year by two brothers, Tesenouphis and Stotoetis, to the tax collectors of Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum. Each paid 6 drachmas 4 obols plus additional charges in AD 216.
In English machine translation
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Year 24 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus, Epeiph 3. Tesenouphis son of Tesenouphis son of Tesenouphis, his mother being Tanephremmis, has paid to […] son of Satabous and partners, collectors of Soknopaiou Nesos, for the dike tax of the past year 23, 6 drachmas 4 obols, with the additional charges; total 6 drachmas 4 obols and the additional charges.
Stotoetis, his brother, of the same mother, for the dike tax of the past year 23, 6 drachmas 4 obols and the additional charges; total 6 drachmas 4 obols and the additional charges.
The chomatikon was a tax for maintaining the dikes and canals; the 'additional charges' (prosdiagraphomena) were supplementary fees added to the basic tax. The emperor is Caracalla.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçus pour la taxe sur l’entretien des digues). 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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