o.elkab.89
Σισόνχις Νιαραῦτος γεωμετρίας ι ἔτους Ἁδριανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου επ δραχμὰς θ. ἔτους ια Φαῶφι κθ. Ἁθὺρ κζ ὁμοίως επ δραχμὰς ιϛ πεντώβολον. γίνονται δραχμαὶ ιϛ πεντώβολον.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24524
Receipt for geometria tax paid by Sisonchis son of Niarautes TM 24524Eileithyiopolis23. Nov. 126
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An ostracon receipt recording payments by Sisonchis son of Niarautes toward the geometria (land-measurement tax) for year 10 of Hadrian, paid in instalments in Phaophi and Hathyr of year 11. It comes from Eileithyiopolis (Elkab) and dates to AD 126.
In English machine translation
Sisonchis son of Niarautes,
for the land-measurement tax (geometria) of year 10 of Hadrian the lord, ... 9 drachmas. Year 11, Phaophi 29.
Hathyr 27, likewise ... 16 drachmas 5 obols.
Total: 16 drachmas 5 obols.
Geometria was a tax on certain land, especially land planted with vines or garden crops, assessed by survey. The recurring letters 'επ' before the sums are unexplained in the edition and are left untranslated; the total does not obviously equal the sum of the two entries.
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). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.