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Receipt for naubion tax of katoikoi for two years TM 20964unbekannt

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A tax receipt from the reign of Antoninus Pius recording payments to the collectors of money taxes for the naubion (a dike and canal tax) owed by katoikoi landholders for the 16th and 17th regnal years, including surcharges and exchange fees in copper. The payment is made on behalf of Herakleia, apparently daughter of Hermes.

In English machine translation

Year 17 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, for the account of Mesore. O…[…]…enias and …[…]…k…lpos have paid to the collectors of money taxes, Herakleia of Hermes (?), for the naubion of the katoikoi for the 17th year … 520 copper drachmas, additional charges 55 copper drachmas, exchange fee 15 copper drachmas 1 obol. For the 16th year, likewise, the same woman (?), for the naubion of the katoikoi for the 16th year … 520 copper drachmas, additional charges 55 copper drachmas, exchange fee 15 copper drachmas 1 obol. Total 70 copper drachmas 1 obol. For the naubion of the 16th year 5 drachmas 1 obol. Total 5 drachmas 1 obol.

The naubion was a tax for the upkeep of dikes and canals, here charged on katoikic (settler) land. The copper sums are hard to reconcile with the stated totals and may reflect copper-to-silver equivalences.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt of Taxes). 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

ἔτους ἑπτακαιδεκάτου Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς εἰς ἀρίθμησιν Μεσορή. διέγραψεν Ο…[…]…ενίας καὶ …[…]…κ…λπος πράκτορσιν ἀργυρικῶν Ἡράκλεια Ἑρμοῦ ναυβίου κατοίκων ἑπτακαιδεκάτου ἔτους … χαλκοῦ δραχμὰς φκ, προσδιαγραφόμενα χαλκοῦ δραχμὰς …