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An ostracon receipt issued by the tax contractors of the sacred gate of Syene, through their secretary Iamblichos, to Pachomphemis son of Patransnouphis for payment of the land-measurement tax on a date-palm grove for the harvest of year 13. It is dated 28 April AD 111.
Geometria was a tax assessed on the surveyed area of land planted with vines or palms. The 'sacred gate of Syene' was a customs and tax office whose contractors also collected other dues.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçu pour la taxe sur la superficie de palmeraies). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Τιβέριος Κλαύδιος Εὐήμερος καὶ Μάριος Μάξιμος μισθωταὶ πύλης ἱερᾶς Σοήνης διὰ Ἰαμβλίχου γραμμάτεως. διέγραψεν Παχομπχῆμις Πατρανσνούφιος ὑπὲρ γεομετρίας φοινικῶνος γενήματος ιγ ἔτους ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς δώδεκα ἡμιωβέλιον δίχαλκον γίνονται δραχμαὶ ιβ ἡμιωβέλιον χαλκοῖ 2 ἔτους ιδ Τραι…
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