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Receipt for crown tax paid at Bakchias TM 11756Bakchias (Arsinoites)220 - 221

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A tax receipt recording that Horos son of Heron paid 12 drachmas to Aurelius Menas, collector of the crown tax at the village of Bakchias in the Arsinoite nome. It is dated to year 4 of Elagabalus (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus), AD 220-221.

In English machine translation

Year 4 of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus. Horos son of Heron has paid to Aurelius Menas, collector of the crown taxes of the village of Bakchias, twelve drachmas, total 12 drachmas.

The crown tax (stephanikon) was originally a levy for golden crowns presented to the emperor and became a regular tax. The emperor named is Elagabalus, whose official name was Marcus Aurelius Antoninus.

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 · 220 - 221 · Bakchias (Arsinoites)

ἔτους δ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ διέγραψε Αὐρηλίῳ Μηνᾶς πράκτορι στεφανικῶν κώμης Βακχιάδος Ὧρος Ἥρωνος δραχμὰς δώδεκα γίνονται δραχμαὶ ιβ