Fragment of a tax account listing money collected from the village of Hexapotamos, with payments from weavers, public farmers, priests of the god Phemnoeris and of Demeter, and others, each with its surcharges and totals. It belongs to the Roman period, from the Fayum (Arsinoite nome).
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From weavers, through Akeis son of Psenobastis and the rest, 20 drachmas, additional charges 1 drachma 1 1/2 obols 3 chalkoi, total 21 drachmas 1 1/2 obols 3 chalkoi.
From public farmers, through the archephodoi of the village, 20 drachmas, additional charges 1 drachma 1 1/2 obols 3 chalkoi, total 21 drachmas 1 1/2 obols 3 chalkoi.
Total 220 drachmas, additional charges 14 drachmas 2 obols, total 234 drachmas 2 obols.
For the epistatikon of the priests, from the priests of the god Phemnoeris of the village, demanded through Pet[…]os son of Akousilaos and the rest, 216 drachmas, additional charges ⟦1 drachma 1 1/2 obols⟧ additional charges 30 drachmas 1 1/2 obols, total 246 drachmas 1 1/2 obols.
And from judgments of year 27, by Kephalas, praktor, of the same, 40 drachmas, additional charges and symbolika 5 drachmas 3 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi, total 45 drachmas 3 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi.
Total 256 drachmas, additional charges 35 drachmas 5 obols 2 chalkoi, total 291 drachmas 5 obols 2 chalkoi.
From the priests of Demeter, through Tryphon son of Tryphon, 32 drachmas, additional charges 2 drachmas 1/2 obol, total 34 drachmas 1/2 obol; for the praktorikon 16 drachmas, additional charges 1 drachma 2 chalkoi, total 17 drachmas 2 chalkoi.
Total 48 drachmas, additional charges 3 drachmas 1 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi, total 51 drachmas 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi.
For the gypsum tax, through Herieus son of Orsis, his mother being Tageleus, 8 drachmas, additional charges 1 obol 1 chalkous, total 8 drachmas 1 obol 1 chalkous.
For the praktorikon, through the same, 4 drachmas, additional charges 1/2 obol 1 chalkous, total 4 drachmas 1/2 obol 1 chalkous.
Total 12 drachmas, additional charges 4 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi, total 12 drachmas 4 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi.
Total of the sums demanded from Hexapotamos: 1,623 drachmas, additional charges 124 drachmas 5 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi.
Total 1,747 drachmas 5 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi.
Prosdiagraphomena are standard surcharges added to money-tax payments; the epistatikon was a tax paid by priests, and the praktorikon a fee for the collectors. Some running totals do not match the listed items exactly, as only part of the account survives.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.