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Monthly report of a tax collector of Ibion Chysis to the strategos TM 15938Ibion Chysis (Oxyrhynchites)27. Nov. - 26. Dez. 229

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A report sent to Aurelius Leonides, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, by Aurelius Cornelius, tax collector for the village of Ibion Chysis, listing money paid in during the month of Choiak. It records 500 drachmas of apomoira tax still owed from the previous year, in AD 229.

In English machine translation

To Aurelius Leonides, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Aurelius Cornelius son of Stephanos, collector of money taxes of Ibion Chysis, of village receipts. Statement of payment for the month of Choiak of the present 9th year of Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Caesar the lord. It is as follows: from receipts of the past 8th year, apomoira, 500 drachmas.

The apomoira was originally a tax on vineyards and orchards, payable in money in the Roman period. The 'diastole' is a statement of payments forwarded to the strategos.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Taxation Report). 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. Nov. - 26. Dez. 229 · Ibion Chysis (Oxyrhynchites)

Αὐρηλίῳ Λεωνίδῃ στρατηγῷ Ὀξυρυγχίτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Κορνηλίου Στεφάνου πράκτορος ἀργυρικῶν Ἰβιῶνος Χύσεως κωμητικῶν λημμάτων. διαστολὴ ἀριθμήσεως μηνὸς Χοίακ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος θ ἔτους Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀλεξάνδρου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου. ἔστι δέ. λημμάτων τοῦ διελθόντος η ἔτους ἀπο…