Three receipts issued by superintendents of uncoined metal for payments of refined bullion (gold or silver) made under an imperial order, two by Aurelius Heras son of Ptolemaios for the boundary-survey tax on his property at Karanis and one by Aurelius Taesios son of Kopreus. They date to December 307 in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
[recto]
The Aurelii Sarapammon and Potammon, superintendents of uncoined metal, to Aurelius Heras son of Ptolemaios, greetings. We have received from you, in accordance with the divine command, for the boundary-survey tax (horiodeiktia) on the property of the village of Karanis, two ounces of refined uncoined metal, total 2 ounces. I, Potammon, have signed.
17th day before the Kalends of January.
The Aurelii Potammon and Sarapammon, superintendents of uncoined metal, to Aurelius Heras son of Ptolemaios, greetings.
We have received from you, in accordance with the divine command, for the boundary-survey tax on your property in the village of Karanis, six grammata of refined uncoined metal, total 6 grammata. I, Potammon, have signed.
In the consulship of our lord Maximinus Caesar, 9th day before the Kalends of January.
Aurelius Isias, former gymnasiarch, councillor, superintendent of uncoined metal, to Aurelius Taesios son of Kopreus, greetings. I have received from you, in accordance with the divine command, for the village of Karanis, twelve grammata of refined uncoined metal, total 12 grammata. I, Isias, superintendent, have signed for the twelve grammata.
In the consulship of our lord Maximinus, most illustrious Caesar, 9th day before the Kalends of January.
[verso]
Heras son of Ptolemaios: boundary-survey tax, Karanis.
Horiodeiktia was a levy connected with the survey or marking of land boundaries; the gramma was 1/24 of an ounce. The first receipt is dated 16 December, the other two 24 December.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tax Receipts). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.