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[…] πράκτωρ ἀργυρικῶν Ἐλεφαντίνης καὶ […] […]διέγραψεν Σανσνῶς […]ὑπὲργεωμετρίας φοινικῶνος γενήματος […]ἔτους ὑπὲρ ὀνόματος[…] […]Σανσνῶτος μητρὸς Θιν[…]ἀπὸ δραχμῶν τεσσάρων […]ἔτους[…] Ἁδριανοῦ θ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 27392
Receipt for land-measurement tax on a palm grove TM 27392ElephantineII
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Fragmentary ostracon receipt issued by a collector of money-taxes at Elephantine, recording that Sansnos paid the geometria (land-measurement tax) on a palm grove for a crop year, on behalf of someone whose mother was Thin[…]. It dates to the reign of Hadrian, 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] collector of money-taxes of Elephantine and […]
[…] Sansnos has paid
[…] for the land-measurement tax on a palm grove, of the crop
[…] of year […], in the name of […] Sansnos, whose mother is Thin[…], from 4 drachmas
[…] year 9 (?) of […] Hadrian.
Geometria was a tax assessed on land under certain crops such as palms and vines, based on its measured area. The final line probably gives a regnal year of Hadrian, and the numeral is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Γεωμετρία Φοινικῶνος). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.