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ἔτους μγ Καίσαρος Χοίακ ιε τέτακται ἐπὶ τὴν ἐν Συήνῃ τράπεζαν ἐφʼ ἧς Ἀμμώνιος εἰς τὸ μ ἔτος ἀκροδρύων Ζμῆθις Παχνούβιος ἀρούρης 𐅵. Ἀμμώνιος τραπεζίτης.
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Ostracon tax receipt from the bank at Syene recording that Zmethis son of Pachnoubis paid the tax on fruit trees for half an aroura of land for year 40 of Augustus. It is signed by the banker Ammonios and dated in year 43, i.e. 11 December AD 13.
The tax on akrodrya (fruit-bearing trees) was assessed on land area; the payment is for year 40 but made in year 43 of Augustus. The sum paid is not stated in the text.
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 Fruit Trees). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ἔτους μγ Καίσαρος Χοίακ ιε τέτακται ἐπὶ τὴν ἐν Συήνῃ τράπεζαν ἐφʼ ἧς Ἀμμώνιος εἰς τὸ μ ἔτος ἀκροδρύων Ζμῆθις Παχνούβιος ἀρούρης 𐅵. Ἀμμώνιος τραπεζίτης.
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