Receipt for the geometria tax on palm groves paid at the sacred gate of Syene TM 24266Elephantine10. Nov. 152

An ostracon receipt issued by Stlakkios, lessee of the customs at the sacred gate of Syene, through his agent Ammonios, to Thinpsansnos son of Petorzmethis for the land-measurement tax on palm groves for year 15, with a further payment for Pekysis. It is dated 10 November 152 AD under Antoninus Pius.

In English machine translation

The geometria was a tax assessed on the measured area of orchards and palm groves. Line 4 contains illegible traces, so the relation between the 5 and 6 drachma sums is uncertain.

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.