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διέγραψε Νιαραῦς Σεναρπτῶτος γεωμετρίας γ ἔτους Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου δραχμὴν α τετρώβολον […] πορθμείου τετρώβολον, … … ἔτους δ Ἁθὺρ λ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24521
Receipt for geometria and ferry tax TM 24521Eileithyiopolis27. Nov. 119
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Tax receipt on an ostracon recording that Niaraus paid the geometria (land-survey tax) for the third year of Hadrian, together with a ferry tax and possibly other charges. It was issued at Eileithyiopolis (Elkab) in late November AD 119.
In English machine translation
Niaraus son of Senarptos(?) has paid for the land-survey tax (geometria) of year 3 of Hadrian Caesar the lord 1 drachma 4 obols,
[…] for the ferry tax 4 obols, … …
Year 4, Hathyr 30.
Geometria was a tax connected with the surveying of land, often levied on orchards and vineyards. Senarptos is a matronymic or patronymic read from the edition; part of the second tax line is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçu de géômétria et autres taxes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.