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Receipt for trade tax paid by a weaver of Soknopaiou Nesos TM 11362Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)25. Febr. - 26. März 194

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A tax receipt in which Polion son of Paoues, a weaver of Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum, pays 20 drachmas on account to the tax contractors Thonis and Demetrios for the hair-cutting tax and the trade tax. It is dated by the regnal year of the usurper Pescennius Niger, AD 194, and a further payment in Phamenoth was recorded before the text breaks off.

In English machine translation

Year 2 of Gaius Pescennius Niger Justus Augustus, Choiak 9. Polion son of Paoues, weaver, of the village of Soknopaiou Nesos, has paid to Thonis and Demetrios, contractors of the tax on hair-cutting and of the trade tax, for the dues of the same year, on account, twenty drachmas, total 20 drachmas; and in Phamenoth […] […]

The receipt is dated by Pescennius Niger, the rival emperor briefly recognized in Egypt in 193-194. The opening date is Choiak 9, but the date range given (Phamenoth) reflects the later payment entry where the text breaks off.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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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p.grenf.2.60

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 25. Febr. - 26. März 194 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

ἔτους β Γαίου Πεσκεννίου Νίγερος Ἰούστου Σεβαστοῦ Χοίακ θ. διέγραψεν Θώνι καὶ Δημητρίῳ ἐγλήμπτορσι κοπῆς τριχὸς καὶ χειρωναξίας Πωλίων Παουῆτις γέρδιος κώμης Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου ὑπὲρ τελέσματος τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους ἐπὶ λόγου δραχμὰς εἴκοσι γίνονται δραχμαὶ κ· καὶ Φαμενώθ [… ? lines lost …