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Receipt for trade tax issued by the contractor of the sacred gate of Syene TM 24439Elephantine oder Syene9. Okt. 161

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Ostracon receipt issued by Ulpius Cerealis, tax contractor of the sacred gate of Syene, through his assistant Pachnoubis, to Ammonios son of Serapion for payment of 12 drachmas 2 obols of trade tax for year 1. Dated 9 October 161 under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.

In English machine translation

Ulpius Cerealis, contractor of the sacred gate of Syene, through Pachnoubis, assistant. Ammonios son of Serapion, his mother being Thinsmetis, has paid for the trade tax of year 1 twelve drachmas 2 obols, total 12 drachmas 2 obols. Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus and Imperator Caesar Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus, Phaophi 12.

The cheironaxion was a tax on craftsmen and trades; the 'sacred gate' of Syene was a customs and tax collection point farmed out to a contractor.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 9. Okt. 161 · Elephantine oder Syene

Οὔλπιος Κερεᾶλις μισθωτὴς ἱερᾶς πύλης Σοήνης διὰ Παχνούβιος βοηθοῦ. διέγραψεν Ἀμμώνιος Σεραπίωνος μητρὸς Θινζμήτιος ὑπὲρ χειρωναξίου α ἔτους δραχμὰς δώδεκα ὀβολοὺς β, γίνονται δραχμαὶ ιβ διώβολον. ἔτους β Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ καὶ Αὐτοκ…