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Tax receipt issued to Julius Serenus, a former decurion, for land taxes on vineyard land for year 24, paid in copper at Hephaistias in the Arsinoite nome. It is dated 5 October 216 under Caracalla.
The naubion was a tax originally tied to dyke and canal works; the kollybos was a surcharge for currency exchange. Amounts other than the talent are in copper drachmas.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittung über Grundsteuer für Rebenland im Hebebezirk Hephaistias). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἔτους κε Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀντωνίνου Παρθικοῦ Μεγίστου Βρεταννικοῦ Μεγίστου Γερμανικοῦ Μεγίστου Εὐσεβοῦς Σεβαστοῦ Φαῶφι η ἀριθμήσεως Θώθ. διέγραψεν Ἰούλιος Σερῆνος ἀπὸ δεκαδαρχῶν ἀμπέλου κδ ἔτους Ἡφαιστιάδος χαλκοῦ τάλαντον α ναυβίου σμ προσδιαγραφομένων Ασν ἐπαρουρίου Δ π…
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