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Monthly report of crown tax payments at Soknopaiou Nesos TM 11755Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)7. März 199

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A monthly report submitted to the strategos Demetrios by Apynchis, collector of the crown tax at Soknopaiou Nesos, listing the taxpayers and amounts collected in Mecheir, totalling 388 drachmas. It is dated 7 March AD 199.

In English machine translation

To Demetrios, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division, from Apynchis son of Apynchis, collector of the crown tax of the village of Soknopaiou Nesos, for the month of Mecheir of the present 7th year. It is as follows: Pabous […] […] drachmas Paeis son of Satabous 5[…] drachmas Stotoetis son of Satabous 56 drachmas Tourbon son of Herieus […] drachmas Horos son of Panekas […] drachmas Panekas son of Panekas 12 drachmas Apynchis son of Horion 4 drachmas Apynchis son of Pakysis […] drachmas Pabous son of Hibis 2[…] drachmas Panesneus son of Sotas […] drachmas Stotoetis, stonecutter, 12 drachmas Apynchis son of Apynchis 2[…] drachmas Hekysis son of Apynchis 1[…] drachmas Herieus son of Pakysis […] drachmas Soterichos, weaver, 1[…] drachmas Sotas son of Pases 8 drachmas Sotas, kasiarchos (?), 8 drachmas Total 388 drachmas. Apynchis, aged 50 […] Year 7 of the Emperors Caesars Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax Arabicus Adiabenicus Parthicus Maximus and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Augusti, Phamenoth 11. I, Apynchis, have submitted this.

The stephanikon (crown tax) was originally a levy for golden crowns offered to rulers and became a regular tax. The word read as kasiarchos is obscure and its meaning uncertain.

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 · 7. März 199 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

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