Receipts for epikephalaion paid by Aurelius Petestheus TM 15859Apollonopolites (?)25. Febr. - 26. März 217

Two tax receipts recording payments by Aurelius Petestheus, son of Papremitis, toward the epikephalaion (a head tax) and other charges for year 25 of Caracalla (Severus Antoninus). The payments were 4 and 14 drachmas; the second is dated in Phamenoth, AD 217, probably in the Apollonopolite nome.

In English machine translation

The epikephalaion was a per-capita tax of the 3rd century, distinct from the earlier laographia. The amount in the first receipt and the name are largely restored from the parallel second receipt.

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’épiképhalaion). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.