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Double receipt for weavers' tax paid by Papais son of Hierax TM 15850unbekannt22. Apr. 141

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A double receipt issued by Ammonios, Dionysios and their partners, contractors farming the weavers' tax, to the weaver Papais son of Hierax for a payment of 4 drachmas. It is dated Pharmouthi 27 of year 4 of Antoninus Pius, 22 April 141.

In English machine translation

[…] to […], weaver, greetings. You have paid for the weavers' tax 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas. Pharmouthi 27. I, Kepha[…], through Nekos his son, have signed for 4 drachmas, and I, Dionysios, have signed for 4 drachmas. Ammonios and Dionysios and partners, contractors of the weavers' tax for the current 4th year of Antoninus Caesar the lord, through Tyr[…], secretary, to Papais son of Hierax, weaver, greetings. You have paid for the weavers' tax 4 drachmas, total 4. Pharmouthi 27. I, Kepha[…], through Nekos his son, have signed for 4 drachmas, and I, Dionysios, have signed for 4 drachmas.

The receipt is written twice; the first copy is damaged at the start, and the second preserves the full heading. The tax was collected by private contractors (misthotai) who leased the right to collect it.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Weavers’ Tax). 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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p.coll.youtie.1.34

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 22. Apr. 141

… γερδίῳ χαίρειν. διέγραψες ὑπὲρ τέλουςγερδίων δραχμὰς τέσσαρας, γίνονται δραχμαὶ δ. Φαρμοῦθι κζ. Κεφαδιὰ Νεκῶτος υἱοῦ σεσημείωμαιδραχμὰς τέσσαρας καὶ Διονύσιος σεσημείωμαι δραχμὰς δ. Ἀμμώνιος καὶ Διονύσιος καὶ μέτοχοι μισθωταὶ τέλους γερδίων τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος δ ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου Καίσα…