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Receipt for the priests' epistatikon tax paid by Kanneis TM 11733Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)6. Nov. 220

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Tax receipt recording that the priest Kanneis paid 200 drachmas toward the epistatikon tax owed by the priests of Soknopaios for year 3, followed by three further instalments of 100 drachmas each. It was issued at Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum in November AD 220, under Elagabalus.

In English machine translation

Year 4 of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus, Hathyr 6, for the account of Phaophi. Kanneis, priest, has paid for the epistatikon of the priests for year 3 of Soknopaios 200 drachmas, total 200 dr. And on the 9th likewise 100 drachmas, total 100 dr. And on the same 9th likewise 100 drachmas, total 100 dr. And on the 10th likewise 100 drachmas, total 100 dr.

The epistatikon was a tax levied on temple priests, apparently connected with the supervision of temples. The emperor named as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus here is Elagabalus.

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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 6. Nov. 220 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

ἔτους τετάρτου Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ Ἁθὺρ ϛ ἀριθμήσεως Φαῶφι διέγραψε Κάννεις ἱερεὺς ἐπιστατικοῦ ἱερέων γ ἔτους Σοκνοπαίου δραχμὰς διακοσίας γίνονται δραχμαὶ σ καὶ τῇ θ ὁμοίως δραχμὰς ἑκατὸν γίνονται δραχμαὶ ρ καὶ τῇ αὐτῇ θ ὁμοίως δραχμὰς ἑκατὸν γίν…