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A receipt recording that Pousis, Esouris and others of Soknopaiou Nesos paid 80 drachmas on account to Heron and his fellow village elders for the tax on bundles of hay and other goods. It is dated to year 10 of Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta (AD 201-202), in the Fayum.
Monodesmia, literally 'single bundle', was a levy on hay and other crops, here collected through the village elders. The year of the tax and the final total are lost.
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 die ’Heubündelsteuer’ usw.). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[1] ἔτους ι Λουκίου Σεπτιμίου Σεουήρου Εὐσεβοῦς Περτίνακος καὶ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου Εὐσεβοῦς Σεβαστῶν καὶ Πουβλίου Σεπτιμίου Γέτα Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ, […]διέγραψαν Ἥρωνι καὶ μετοχ πρεσβυτερ- κώμης[…] Ποῦσις καὶ Ἐσοῦρις καὶ τῶν λοιπ-[…] κώμης Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου ὑπὲρ μονοδεσμίας χ…
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