p.brookl.52
[… ? lines lost …] […]…[…] […]ὑπὲρ γεωμετρίας φοινικῶνος γενήματος ε ἔτους […]ἔτους[…]Ἀντωνίνου καὶ Οὐήρου Καισάρων τῶν κυρίων[…]… κη. Πετρωῖνος Βασσιανός.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 18076
Receipt for geometria tax on a palm-grove TM 18076Elephantine164 - 166
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Fragmentary tax receipt for the geometria, a land-measurement tax, on a palm-grove for the produce of year 5. It is dated under the joint reign of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus and signed by Petroinos son of (?) Bassianos. It comes from Elephantine and dates to AD 164-166.
In English machine translation
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[…] […]
[…] for the geometria (land-measurement tax) on palm-groves, for the produce of year 5
[…] year […] of Antoninus and Verus, Caesars
[the lords], […] 28. Petroinos
Bassianos.
Geometria was a tax on land under orchards and vineyards, assessed by measurement; it has no exact English equivalent. The signatory's name is partly restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Γεωμετρία Φοινικῶνος). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.