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An ostracon receipt recording that Petechon son of Psensenyris paid 5 drachmas 4 1/2 obols in money in place of a levy of dates from the harvest of year 5. It was signed by Karouris at Thebes on 15 October 142 AD, in the reign of Antoninus Pius.
The payment is an adaeratio, a cash payment made instead of a tax due in kind, here dates (literally 'palm fruit'). 'For the account of the month Phaophi' refers to the monthly reckoning under which the payment was booked.
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 Palms). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
διέγραψε Πετεχῶν Ψενσενύριος εἰς ἀρίθμησιν μηνὸς Φαῶφι γενήματος ε ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου ὑπὲρ τιμῆς φοινίκων δραχμὰς πέντε ὀβολοὺς δ 𐅵, γίνονται δραχμαὶ ε ὀβολοὶ δ 𐅵. ἔτους ϛ Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Φαῶφι ιη. Καροῦρις σεσημείωμαι.
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