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List of wheat dues demanded from villagers of Theadelphia TM 25885Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

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A fragmentary list of taxpayers at Theadelphia in the Arsinoite nome with the amounts of wheat demanded from each. Several individuals are marked as having departed, meaning they had left their place of residence.

In English machine translation

[… ? lines lost …] […] … […] Harpalos son of Didas, 3 1/2 1/6 artabas of wheat Didas son of Chares, 4 artabas of wheat […] […] Departed: Pete[…] […] Departed: Didymos son of Alexas, 3 1/4 artabas of wheat Osis son of Papontos, 5 artabas of wheat Pankrates son of Apollonios, 1 1/2 artabas of wheat Departed: Heron son of Papos, grandson of Seuthes, 5 1/6 artabas of wheat Zoilos son of Aphrodisios, 1/2 1/8 artaba of wheat Departed: Heraklas son of Herakleides, … 1 artaba of wheat Ammon son of Pnepheros, 2 artabas of wheat Horos, father unknown, son of Aunchis, 2 artabas of wheat Harphaesis son of Karas, 1 artaba of wheat Departed: Aretas son of Saras, 4 artabas of wheat Marres son of Pnepheros, 4 artabas of wheat Didymos son of Posidonios, 1 artaba of wheat

The note 'departed' (apochoresas) marks people who had fled or left the village, a common problem for tax collection in Roman Egypt. The letters 'eb' after Heraklas's name are unexplained.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ἀπαιτήσιμον σιτικῶν). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

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