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[… ? lines lost …] δε… ὑπὲρ τιμῆς πυροῦ κθ ια ἔτους διοικήσεως ῥυπαρὰς τρεῖς διώβολον, γίνονται γ διώβολον. ἔτους ιδ Νέρωνος τοῦ κυρίου μηνὶ Σεβαστῷ ε. Π… σεσημείωμαι.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24647
Receipt for money payment in lieu of wheat TM 24647Theben3. Sept. 67
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A fragmentary tax receipt on an ostracon recording a payment of 3 drachmas 2 obols in money instead of wheat owed for year 11 to the state administration (dioikesis). It is dated 5 Sebastos in year 14 of Nero (3 September AD 67) at Thebes and signed by an official whose name is only partly preserved.
In English machine translation
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for the price of wheat, 29th (?), of the 11th year, of the dioikesis,
three drachmas in dirty (copper) money and 2 obols, total 3 (drachmas) 2 obols.
Year 14 of Nero the lord, month Sebastos 5. P[…], I have signed.
"Dirty" (rhypara) drachmas refers to debased or copper coinage, as opposed to silver. The opening, with the taxpayer's name, is lost, and the figure 29 after "wheat" is of uncertain meaning.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Adaeratio of Wheat). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.