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Receipts for the tanners' tax and the price of gazelles TM 15853Apollonopolites (?)27. März - 25. Apr. 205

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A series of receipts, probably written together on one sheet, recording payments of the tax on tanners and of the 'price of gazelles' by members of a family of Petesthis, including Papremitis and Pachomren, and by Pachoumis son of Phatres. The payments date to years 11 to 13 of Septimius Severus and Caracalla (around AD 203-205), probably in the Apollonopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[1] [Paid …] … son of Petesthis […] year of Severus and Antoninus the lords Pii Augusti […] 8 drachmas 3 obols(?). [2] Paid by Papremitis son of Petesthis, for the tax on tanners …, on account of the receipts of the 11th year of Severus and Antoninus the lords Pii Augusti, 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas. Year 12, Pharmouthi 5. And on account of Pachon, for the 12th year, 4 drachmas 1 1/2 obols, total 4 drachmas 1 1/2 obols. And on account of Pauni likewise, 2 drachmas 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi, total 2 drachmas 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi. Likewise for Mesore, 2 drachmas 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi, total 2 drachmas 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi. [3] Paid by Pachoumis son of Phatres, his mother being Tauetis, in the name of Pachomren son of Petesthis, on account of Epeiph of the same 12th year of Severus and Antoninus the lords Pii Augusti, 12 drachmas 4 1/2 obols, total 12 drachmas 4 1/2 obols. Year 12, Mesore 3. Paid by Pachomren son of Petesthis, grandson of Patechemis, for the tax on tanners of the 13th year of Severus and Antoninus the lords Pii Augusti, 8 drachmas 3 obols, total 8 drachmas 3 obols. Year 13, Pharmouthi … … […] likewise 4 drachmas 1 1/2 obols, total 4 drachmas 1 1/2 obols. [4] Paid by Pachoumis son of Phatres, his mother being Senteus, for the price of gazelles of the 12th year of Severus and Antoninus the lords Pii Augusti, twelve drachmas, total 12 drachmas. Year 12, Mesore 4. Mesore 4, 12 drachmas, total twelve drachmas. Paid by Papremitis son of Petesthis, for the tax on tanners of the 1[…] year of Severus and Antoninus the lords Pii Augusti, 10 drachmas 3 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. Year [1]…, Mecheir … […] … 2 chalkoi, total […]

The 'price of gazelles' (timē dorkōnōn) appears to be a levy connected with supplying gazelle hides or animals, possibly related to the tanning trade; its exact nature is uncertain. The mothers' names of Pachoumis differ between sections 3 and 4 (Tauetis, Senteus) as written.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçus de l’impôt des tanneurs et du prix des gazelles). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 27. März - 25. Apr. 205 · Apollonopolites (?)

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