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Receipts for tanners' tax, poll tax and other levies TM 15856Apollonopolites (?)30. Aug. - 28. Sept. 207

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A papyrus with three groups of tax receipts issued in years 15 and 16 of Septimius Severus and Caracalla (AD 207) to Papremitis son of Petesthis, Pechoites son of Pais, and Petesthis son of Papremitis. The payments cover the tanners' tax, a charge for gazelle skins, poll tax, dike tax, and assessments for the bath and for guarding sluices, probably in the Apollonopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[1] Papremitis son of Petesthis, his mother being Mache, has paid for the tax on tanners for the 15th year of Severus and Antoninus the lords, Pious Augusti, 4 drachmas 1 1/2 obols. Year 15, Phamenoth. [2] Pechoites son of Pais, his mother being Sentieus, has paid for the price of gazelle skins (?) for the 15th year of Severus and Antoninus the lords, Pious Augusti, twenty-four drachmas, surcharges 1 drachma, total 25 drachmas. Year 15, Pharmouthi. Papremitis son of Petesthis has paid for the assessment for the bath and other charges for the 15th year of Severus and Antoninus the lords, Pious Augusti, 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas. Year 15, Mesore. [Year 16] […] Thoth, likewise […] 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; in the same month likewise 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas. […] likewise […] 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas. [3] Petesthis son of Papremitis has paid […] for the 15th year of Severus and Antoninus [the lords], Pious Augusti […] Year 15, Phamenoth […] Pharmouthi, for poll tax, drachmas […] Pauni, likewise for assessment, drachmas […] Epeiph, for dike tax and other charges, 8 drachmas […] Mesore, for assessment, 4 drachmas […] Year 16, Thoth, for poll tax and other charges […] In the same month, for the assessment for guarding the sluices, year 14 […]

The merismos was a levy apportioned among taxpayers to cover particular public costs. The reading 'price of gazelle skins' (dorkones) is an interpretation of an abbreviation.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçus d’impôts divers). 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 · 30. Aug. - 28. Sept. 207 · Apollonopolites (?)

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