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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 27428
Fragmentary tax receipt for 4 drachmas TM 27428unbekanntII (?)
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A fragmentary tax receipt recording a payment of 4 drachmas in copper money for year 2, apparently paid into a public account, dated Hathyr 4. It probably dates to the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
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[…]nbeus and p[…]
[…] of the public […]
[…] year 2, 4 drachmas in dirty (copper) money […]
[…] Caesar […]
[…] Hathyr 4
"Dirty" (rhyparai) drachmas refers to payment in base or copper coinage rather than silver. The name of the payer and the emperor are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tax Receipt). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.