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[r] [… 6 lines lost …] [v] [… 1 line lost …] […]μιου ἐνκυκλίου …[…] […] λινούφων λιν[…] […]ας χειρωναξίων […] […]κεκ…[…] […]Χοιὰκ με[…] […]ου Φαρμοῦθι[…] [… 1 line lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 25532
Fragment of a tax account mentioning linen-weavers and trade tax TM 25532unbekanntI - IV
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A fragmentary papyrus from the Alexandria collection with remains of what appears to be a tax account or receipt, mentioning the enkyklion tax, linen-weavers and the trade tax, with the months Choiak and Pharmouthi. It dates sometime between the 1st and 4th centuries AD.
In English machine translation
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[…] of the enkyklion tax […]
[…] of linen-weavers, linen […]
[…] of the trade taxes (cheironaxia) […]
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[…] Choiak […]
[…] Pharmouthi […]
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The enkyklion was a tax on sales and transfers of property; cheironaxion was a tax levied on craftsmen and trades, here apparently on linen-weavers.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.