Account of Tax Payments
Account listing money payments by day, probably a summary of payments made to a tax collector
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 25891
Daily account of tax payments in drachmas TM 25891Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt(First half of the) Ist century A.D.
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An account listing sums of money in drachmas received on particular days of the month, with monthly totals, probably a summary of payments made to a tax collector. It comes from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome and dates to the first half of the 1st century AD.
In English machine translation
[Column 1]
[…]
21: 60
22: 92
23: 72
24: 100
25: 144
26: 184
Another 26: 186
29: 28
30: 68
1 to 3: 48
4: 44
5: 68
8: 16
9: 72
10: 284
[…]2[…]
Total: 2,392 drachmas
Epeiph
11: 108
[…]
[Column 2]
[…]
Total: […] drachmas
Mesore
7: 88
10: 202
12: 200
13: 64
16: 188
17: 28
18: 58
19: 4
22: 24
24: 144
26: 122
Another 26: 44
28: 32
29: 28
30: 24
1 to 2: 52
3: 372
4: 314
6: 44
Total: 2,032 drachmas
[…]
[Column 3]
[…]: 44
25: 12
Another 25: 4
28: 20
29: 16
30 to 3: 36
4: 8
5: 68
Total: 846 drachmas
[…]
Each line gives a day of the month followed by an amount in drachmas; 'another' marks a second entry for the same day, and entries like '1 to 3' cover several days at the start of the next month.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of Tax Payments). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.mich.12.639
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