Account of Tax Payments
List of money payments for tax, under the name of the head of an agricultural firm (pittakion)
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Account of tax payments in talents made through Aion son of Sarapion TM 12314Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egyptca. 360 A.D.
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An account of money payments, probably for taxes, made through Aion son of Sarapion, listing about thirteen contributors and the sums in talents each paid, with a total. It dates to around AD 360 and probably comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome; the back records a remaining balance under Aion's name.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Through Aion son of Sarapion
Aion […]: 60,000 + 5,100 talents
Aion son of Serenos: 10,000 + 3,500 talents
Aion the deacon: 10,000 + 1,500 talents
Sokrates: 30,000 + 5,400 talents
Aion son of Melas: 7,700 talents
Heras son of Sarapion: 10,000 + 1,000 talents
Nilammon son of Sabinus: 50,000 + 500 talents
Ol on behalf of Thermouthion: 10,000 + 9,000 talents
Sempronia: 1,200 talents
Thaisas: 3,500 talents
Aion son of Sarapion: 2,500 talents
Nilos the deaf-mute: 1,900 talents
Aion son of Serenos: 2,500 talents
(Total) 220,000 + 5,300 talents
[verso]
Aion son of Sarapion
remaining 100,000 + 6,300 talents
Sums are written as myriads (units of 10,000) of talents plus a remainder, reflecting the heavy inflation of the 4th century. The physical description calls the document a pittakion, a list kept under the name of the head of an agricultural group.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Tax Payments). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.mich.12.651
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