An official account of tax arrears from the Oxyrhynchite nome, listing by regnal year the sums declared outstanding under successive prefects of Egypt (Petronius Mamertinus, Flavius Titianus, Baienus Blastianus), the amounts since collected, and the balances still remaining. It dates to AD 168-169.
In English machine translation
[column 1]
[…] to be added […] up to year 6 of Hadrian.
[column 2]
Year 2, likewise:
it was declared to be in arrears as of the month Tybi of year 4, for the term of Flavius Titianus the former prefect,
6 (?) for the administration (dioikesis), there remain 3,138 drachmas 3 1/2 obols 3 chalkoi,
of which it was declared that there had been collected
through the twelve-month account up to year 7 of Hadrian 790 drachmas 4 1/2 obols 3 chalkoi,
those under the […] agreements (?) […] to be added up to year 6 of Hadrian;
there remain as of the month Mesore of the same year 7
for the term of Baienus Blastianus the former prefect 2,347 drachmas 5 obols.
Year 1, likewise, it was declared to be in arrears
as of the month Tybi of year 4 for the term of Flavius Titianus
the former prefect 2,323 drachmas 1 obol 1 chalkous,
of which it was declared that there had been collected
through the twelve-month account up to year 7 of Hadrian 133 drachmas 4 1/2 obols 1 chalkous,
those under the […] agreements (?) […] to be added up to year 6 of Hadrian;
there remain as of the month Mesore of year 7 for the term of Baienus
Blastianus the former prefect
2,189 drachmas 2 obols 3 chalkoi.
[column 3]
Of the term of Petronius Mamertinus:
year 21 of Hadrian,
it was declared to be in arrears as of the month Tybi of year 4
for the term of Flavius Titianus the former prefect, which are also in arrears as of the month
Mesore of year 7 for the term of Baienus Blastianus
the former prefect; there remain 324 drachmas 5 1/2 obols 3 chalkoi.
Year 20, likewise,
it was declared to be in arrears as of the month Tybi of year 4
for the term of Flavius Titianus the former prefect,
which are also in arrears as of the month Mesore of year 7
for the term of Baienus Blastianus the former prefect;
there remain 130 drachmas 4 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi.
6 (?) Year 19, likewise, in the same way, for the administration there remain 32 drachmas.
6 (?) Year 18, likewise, in the same way, for the administration there remain […]48 drachmas.
Of the term of Flavius Titianus:
Year 16, likewise, for the administration there remain 1 talent 5,799 drachmas 2 obols 1 chalkous.
Year 15, likewise, in the same way, for the administration there remain 531 drachmas 1 obol.
Arrears are reckoned by the terms of office of prefects of Egypt; 'dioikesis' denotes the state revenue administration. The recurring numeral 6 before some entries and the word read as 'agreements' are uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Tax Arrears). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.