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Account of payments to officials collecting taxes and levies TM 17188Antinoopolis2. Hälfte IV

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An official account listing payments in gold solidi made to visiting officials, soldiers and accountants who came to collect taxes in gold, grain, clothing and recruit levies. Contributions from various groups, including stolarchs, weavers and tax officials of Ptolemais, are itemized. It dates to the later 4th century AD and comes from Antinoopolis.

In English machine translation

[recto] […] 12 solidi […] of the judgment, 4 solidi […] […] 15 solidi to […] who came for the […] of the 4th and 5th indictions, 8th and 9th years, 50 solidi To Maximus, prefect, who came for the gold of the receivers, 33 solidi as follows: from the stolarchs, 7 solidi from the weavers of trimita cloth, 2 solidi from the weavers, 2 solidi from the foreigners, 1 solidus {from the townsmen} solidus ⟦1 1/2⟧ from the townsmen, 1 solidus from the exactors, 2 solidi and from the assessors, 6 solidi and from the receivers, 12 solidi of the city of Ptolemais. To Posidonios, official, who came for the clothing, 4 solidi To the men of Ombos who came about the annona, 2 solidi [verso] To Pankratios and Theodoros, officials, who came for the gold for recruits and pack-animals […] To Serenos, grain collector, […] and Dionysios who came […] 18 solidi To Isidoros and Melas and another Isidoros, accountants, for the assessment, 50 solidi To Besas, official, who came about the grain, 4 solidi To Paulos, official, who came likewise about the grain, 3 solidi To Sarapion, official, about the clothing, 3 solidi To Silvanus, official, about the grain, 1 solidus To Paphnouthis, beneficiarius, who came about the assessment, 12 solidi To Avidius and Maximus, officials, who came about those from the capitation-tax payers, 4 solidi To Besammon and Kopres, beneficiarii, who came about the exemption (excusatum), 5 solidi To Theodoros and Phibion, singulares, who came about the gold for recruits, 6 solidi

The payments appear to be gratuities or fees (sportulae) to officials sent on collection missions. Officium, beneficiarius and singularis are Roman administrative and military ranks with no exact English equivalent.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Official Account of Expenditure). 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 · 2. Hälfte IV · Antinoopolis

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