Extract of Tax Register
Extract of a register, giving the amounts paid by a Keras, son of Aunes, in the name(?) of a Valerius, son of Heron, for the olive crop tax
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 14412
Register extract on payment of deferred olive-crop tax TM 14412probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt160/161[?] A.D.
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An extract from a tax register recording payments of deferred tax on olive crops, entered under the name of Valerius son of Heron, by Keras son of Aunes for a third share of a half-aroura palm grove. It dates to AD 160-161, probably from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Valerius son of Heron […]
volume 3, additional entries (?), administration of the strategos,
olive crops, year 22, sheet 10:
Keras son of Aunes, son of Sambas, for a third share of a palm grove,
1/2 aroura,
from the arrears (?) in suspense of year 22, into account (?) […]
12 drachmas, and in the preceding
7 drachmas, 1 obol, 2 chalkoi; year 23,
the sums according to the aforesaid
suspense, drachmas
19, 1 obol, 2 chalkoi.
The term epoche refers to tax payments held in suspense or deferred; the phrase 'εἰς ὀνολ' is abbreviated and its meaning is uncertain. Year 22 and 23 refer to the reign of Antoninus Pius.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Registerauszug über die Zahlung gestundeter Oliven - Steuern). 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.mchl.15
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