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A tax receipt from Ibion Chysis in the Oxyrhynchite nome, dated 3 April 252, recording that Aurelia Maxima, daughter of Ammonios and a citizen, paid 36 drachmas for the 2-drachma and 1-drachma taxes. It is signed by the dekaprotos Aurelius Triadelphos also called Sarapion, a former gymnasiarch.
A dekaprotos was a member of a board of ten local magnates responsible for collecting taxes. The phrase rendered 'in whatever capacity' is a standard formula of styling that has no exact English equivalent.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Taxes of one Drachma and two Drachmae). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
β ἔτους τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν Γάλλου καὶ Οὐολουσιανοῦ Καισάρων Σεβαστῶν Φαρμοῦθι η. Ἰβιῶνος Χύσεως ὑπὲρ β δραχμῶν καὶ α δραχμῆς τοῦ αὐτοῦ β ἔτους Αὐρηλία Μαξίμα Ἀμμωνίου ἀστὴ δραχμὰς τριάκοντα ἕξ, γίνονται δραχμαὶ λϛ. Αὐρήλιος Τριάδελφος ὁ καὶ Σαραπίων γυμνασιαρχήσας καὶ ὡς χρηματίζω δ…
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