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Receipt for dike tax and gazelle-hunting tax TM 18069Charax (Theben) (Ägypten)16. Apr. 138 (Jahr unsicher)

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A tax receipt issued by Soter, collector of money taxes at Charax near Thebes, to Harynchis son of Penamis. It acknowledges payment of the dike tax and the tax for gazelle hunting, dated Pharmouthi 21, probably 16 April 138 AD.

In English machine translation

Soter, collector of money taxes of Charax, to Harynchis son of Penamis. [I have received for] […] 5th(?) installment of the dike tax, 1 drachma in dirty money, 2 1/2 obols, [and for] the gazelle-hunting tax likewise 6 obols, total 6 obols. [Year …] of Caesar the lord, Pharmouthi 21. […] I have signed: 1 drachma 2 1/2 obols and 6 obols.

"Dirty" (rhypara) drachmas refers to debased or worn bronze-alloy coinage. The gazelle-hunting tax (kynegis dorkon) is a levy connected with hunting rights or hunting gear, which explains the HGV title "Hunting Spears".

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Dike Tax and Hunting Spears). 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 · 16. Apr. 138 (Jahr unsicher) · Charax (Theben) (Ägypten)

Σωτὴρ πράκτωρἀργυρικῶν Χάρακος Ἁρύγχι Πεναμέως. ἔσχον ὑπὲρ […] ε μέρους χωματικοῦ ῥυπαρὰν δραχμὴν μίαν ὀβολοὺς β 𐅵 καὶ ὑπὲρ κυνηγίδος δορκώνων ὁμοίως ὀβολοὺς ϛ, γίνονται ὀβολοὶ ϛ. […]Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου, Φαρμοῦθι κα. […] Α σεσημείωμαι δραχμὴν α ὀβολοὺς β 𐅵 καὶ ὀβολοὺς ϛ.