A tax account summarising monthly money payments made through tax collectors of the village of Thmoisepho in the toparchy of Teis (Oxyrhynchite nome). It lists sums for many taxes, such as pig tax, poll tax, bath tax, naubion and libation for Dionysos, with arrears from earlier years, in year 20 of Antoninus Pius.
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Payment (?) of Tybi […]
third of the baths, […] drachmas,
vicarius tax, […] drachmas,
trade tax, […] drachmas, extra charges […] drachmas 2 chalkoi,
linen tax, […] drachmas, extra charges […] drachmas 5 1/2 obols,
naubion, […] drachmas, extra charges 8 drachmas 3 obols,
symbolikon, […] drachmas, extra charges 1 drachma 1 1/2 obols,
poll tax, […] drachmas 4 obols,
pig tax, 6[…] drachmas, extra charges 76 drachmas 4 obols,
epar ourion, 200 drachmas, extra charges 17 drachmas,
libation, 40 drachmas, extra charges 3 drachmas 2 1/2 obols,
assessment for desert guards, 45 drachmas 4 1/2 obols,
rent of estate orchards, 20 (drachmas) 5 obols, […]
of year 16: poll tax, 1,000 drachmas,
pig tax, 219 drachmas, extra charges […] drachmas,
epar ourion, […] drachmas,
libation for Dionysos, […] drachmas,
total of the payment, […] drachmas.
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Payment (?) of Mecheir: […]
third of the baths, 8 drachmas […],
vicarius tax, […] drachmas,
assessment for desert guards, […] drachmas,
subject to the audit office, […] drachmas,
idios logos, through […], […] drachmas,
pig tax, 481 drachmas 3 obols 2 chalkoi, extra charges 55 drachmas 2 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi,
epar ourion, 100 drachmas, extra charges 8 drachmas 3 obols.
Of year 16: poll tax, 2[…]7 drachmas,
pig tax, 171 drachmas 2 obols 2 chalkoi,
naubion, 226 drachmas 2 chalkoi,
symbolikon, 41 drachmas 4 obols,
epar ourion, 3 drachmas 4 obols,
libation for Dionysos, 16 drachmas, extra charges 1 (drachma) 2 obols 2 chalkoi,
total of the payment, 3,640 drachmas.
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Summary of payments through the collectors of Thmoisepho in the toparchy of Teis, of the present year 20 of Antoninus the lord.
It is as follows:
Payment (?) of Thoth:
of year 20: third of the baths, 8 drachmas 5 obols,
vicarius tax, […] drachmas,
assessment for desert guards, […] drachmas,
rent of estate orchards, […] drachmas,
of year 19: assessment for desert guards, […] drachmas,
poll tax, […] drachmas,
rent of unproductive land, […] drachmas,
estate lands, […] drachmas,
pig tax, […] drachmas,
epar ourion, 12 drachmas 2 obols,
libation for Dionysos, […] drachmas,
price of […] […] drachmas.
The 'prosdiagraphomena' are supplementary charges paid on top of the main tax; the epar ourion was a tax levied per aroura of land. The arithmesis (monthly payment instalment) labels are rendered loosely as 'payment'.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Village - 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.