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Receipt for public grain and taxes of the second indiction TM 16117Hermopolis493 - 494 (?)

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A receipt in which Ioannes, a farmer, acknowledges that Ioannes, a former primicerius, paid him in full the public grain and the annona, canonica and other charges on certain arouras for the second indiction. A scribe wrote for the illiterate farmer and a witness from Hermopolis signed; it probably dates to AD 493/494.

In English machine translation

[recto] † To the most admirable Ioannes, former primicerius, Ioannes, farmer. I have been paid in full by you the public grain of the […] arouras for the crops of the second indiction, and the annonae and canonica and all kinds of expenses for the same second indiction; and for your security I have made for you this receipt of full payment, having been paid as stated above. I, Ioannes, farmer, the aforesaid, have issued this receipt as stated above. I, Basileides son of Symph[…], having been asked, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. I, Lomes […] from Hermopolis, witness the receipt, having heard it from the one who issued it. † [verso] Receipt of Ioannes son of Ionios (?) from S[…].

Annona and canonica were late Roman tax levies with no exact English equivalent. The farmer apparently collected the taxes on land of the former primicerius, an official title for a senior member of an office staff.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Empfangsbescheinigung über Steuern). 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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bgu.12.2163

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 493 - 494 (?) · Hermopolis

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