The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
Ostracon tax receipt in which the money-tax collectors Psansnos and Kasianos acknowledge payment of 12 drachmas for the geometria (land-survey tax) of year 1 by Senmouthes son of Psenamounis, paid through Besis and his brothers. It was written at Thebes in the first year of Antoninus Pius.
Geometria was a tax tied to the surveying of land, often levied on gardens and vineyards. "Debased" (rhyparai) drachmas refers to the alloyed billon coinage of Roman Egypt; the son's name is abbreviated and its expansion as Loukas is uncertain.
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 Geometria). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ψανσνῶς καὶ Κασιανὸς πράκτορες ἀργυρικῶν Σενμούθης Ψεναμούνιος διὰ Βῆσις Φθουμόνθου καὶ ἀδελφῶν ἔσχομεν ὑπὲρ γεωμετρίας α ἔτους ῥυπαρὰς δραχμὰς δώδεκα, γίνονται ῥυπαραὶ δραχμαὶ ιβ. ἔτους α Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἀντωνίνου Σεβαστοῦ Μεσορὴ κ Κασιανὸς διὰ Λουκᾶτος υἱοῦ δ…
Spotted an error, a mis-mapped findspot, or have a suggestion? We read every note.