Fragment of a tax register listing individual taxpayers, among them Pekysis son of Kametis and his brother Satabous, Horos and Stotoetis, with instalments paid in drachmas, including payments on Epeiph 1, each totalling 20 drachmas. It dates to the 1st or 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
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Pekysis son of Kametis […]
of which payment 8 drachmas, likewise Epeiph 1 [12 drachmas]
making 20 drachmas.
Satabous, his brother
of which payment 8 drachmas, likewise Epeiph 1 [12 drachmas]
making 20 drachmas.
Horos son of […] son of Pakysis […]
[…]
likewise another 8 drachmas […]
Stotoetis […]
of which payment 8 drachmas, likewise Epeiph [1, 4 drachmas]
likewise another 8 drachmas, making 20 drachmas.
The total of 20 drachmas per person may suggest a poll tax or similar capitation charge, but the tax is not named in the surviving text.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tax Register). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.