o.eleph.wagner.15
Στλάκκιος μισθωτὴς ἱερᾶς πύλης Σοήνης διʼ ἐμοῦ Πετορζμήθιος. διέγραψεν Παχνοῦβις […]ὑπὲρ γεομετρίας φοινικῶνος γενήματος κα ἔτους […]ὑπὲρ ὀνόματος Πεκύσιος Ζμήθιος […] ἔτους κβ Ἀντωνίνου τοῦ κυρίου […]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24196
Receipt for the survey tax on palm groves paid at the sacred gate of Syene TM 24196Elephantine oder Syene181 - 182 (?)
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Ostracon receipt issued by the contractor (or his agent Petorzmethis) of the sacred gate of Syene, acknowledging that Pachnoubis paid the land survey tax on palm groves for year 21 on behalf of Pekysis son of Zmethis. It dates to year 22 of the emperor (Commodus, styled Antoninus), AD 181-182, from Elephantine or Syene.
In English machine translation
[Stlaccius], contractor of the sacred gate of Syene, through me
[Petor]zmethis. Pachnoubis has paid
[…] [for the land survey tax] on palm groves, for the produce of year 21,
[…] [on behalf of] Pekysis son of Zmethis
[…] Year 22
[of Antoninus the lord]
[…]
The geometria was a tax assessed on the measured area of land under valuable crops such as palms; its mention here is largely restored. The contractor's name Stlaccius and the imperial name are restorations.
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 des 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.