A Theban ostracon tax receipt recording payments of the geometria (land-measurement tax) for year 20 made in the name of Thermouthis, daughter (?) of Psentkalibis, from the Agoras quarter. A first payment of 8 drachmas was made on Mesore 27, and a further 6 drachmas 3 obols 4 chalkoi on Thoth 12. Two collectors signed it.
In English machine translation
Mesore 27 of year 20.
[…] (traces) […]
in the name of Thermouthis daughter (?) of Psentkalibis […]
for geometria of year 20, (quarter of the) Agoras, eight drachmas, total 8 drachmas. […]
Another (payment), Thoth 12, likewise six drachmas 3 obols 4 chalkoi, total 6 drachmas 3 obols 4 chalkoi. Pan[…], I have signed.
Ammonios, I have signed.
Geometria was a tax connected with the survey of land, often levied on garden or orchard land; the abbreviated name of the Agoras quarter is an editorial expansion. The second line is largely illegible.
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.