p.lond.2.166A
ἔτους γ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου Εὐτυχοῦς Εὐσεβοῦς Σεβαστοῦ Θὼθ ιε διέγραψε Αὐρηλίῳ Μέλανι γραμματεῖ πρακτόρων ἀργυρικῶν Καρανίδος Λογγῖνος Ἡρακλιανοῦ παραδείσου β ἔτους δραχμὰς δεκαδύο δραχμὰς ιβ
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Receipt for garden tax paid by Longinus at Karanis TM 11636Karanis (Arsinoites)13. Sept. 219
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A tax receipt from Karanis recording that Longinus son of Heraklianus paid 12 drachmas in garden tax for the second regnal year. The payment was made to Aurelius Melas, secretary of the money-tax collectors, in September 219 under Elagabalus.
In English machine translation
Year 3 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Felix Pius Augustus, Thoth 15. Longinus son of Heraklianus has paid to Aurelius Melas, secretary of the collectors of money taxes of Karanis, for the garden tax of year 2, twelve drachmas, 12 drachmas.
The emperor named as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus is Elagabalus. The abbreviation π(αραδείσου) is expanded as the tax on gardens or orchards (paradeisoi).
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