Account of money
Account of money due or paid for land tax
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 27121
Account of land taxes on royal and private land TM 27121probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIInd century/IIIrd century A.D.
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An ostracon account of money due or paid as land taxes on about 101 3/4 arouras of royal and private land, listing rates for the eparourion and apomoira taxes and totals in talents and drachmas. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD and probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum.
In English machine translation
[1]
101 3/4 arouras
12: of royal land, eparourion, 2,500 drachmas, 6 denarii
of royal land, apomoira, 2,000 drachmas
of private land, eparourion, 1,500 drachmas
of private land, apomoira, 1,100 drachmas
[2]
42 talents 4,800 drachmas
6 talents 4,000 drachmas
48 talents 5,500 drachmas
6 talents 5,000 drachmas
Total 105 talents 2,800 drachmas
Eparourion was a tax charged per aroura of land; apomoira was originally a levy on vineyards and orchards. The figures in the first section seem to be per-aroura rates, and the meaning of the number 12 is unclear.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
o.mich.3.975
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