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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24522
Receipt for geometria tax TM 24522Eileithyiopolis119 - 120
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An ostracon tax receipt recording payment by a man (name partly restored) of the geometria, a land-survey tax, for year 3 of Hadrian, with an additional charge of 1 drachma. It comes from Eileithyiopolis (Elkab) and dates to AD 119-120.
In English machine translation
[Niarause son of Sen]arptos,
[for geometria (land-survey tax) of year 3 of Hadr]ian Caesar
[the lord, 15 drachmas] 4 obols, with additional charges 1 drachma.
[…] year 4
[…]
The taxpayer's name, the tax name and the amount in drachmas are largely restored by analogy with similar receipts. Geometria was a tax on land, especially vineyards and orchards, assessed by survey.
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 taxe). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.