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Account of payments of money taxes TM 27587Philadelphia (Arsinoites)II

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A fragmentary account of payments of money taxes from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, dating to the 2nd century AD. One section lists sums of dues with a total of 558 drachmas 3 obols; another records nomarchic tax payments by date in the months Tybi, Mecheir and Phamenoth.

In English machine translation

[a] [… 1 line lost …] [b] Of the dues belonging (to …): 15 drachmas, 309 (drachmas) 4 1/2 obols, 62 (drachmas) 1/2 obol, 100 (drachmas) 4 1/2 obols, 9, 14, 25 (drachmas) 3 1/2 obols, 7 (drachmas) 3 obols, 14 (drachmas) 5 obols; total 558 drachmas 3 obols. [c] Of the nomarchic taxes, remaining (?), Harpoch[…] … Tybi 1, year … 44 drachmas; Mecheir 2, 12 (drachmas); Phamenoth … … … … arrears (?) […] 60 drachmas … 2 drachmas … […] … 2 drachmas

Nomarchic taxes (nomarchika) were levies originally associated with the nomarch's administration. The listed items in section b do not obviously add up to the stated total, so some figures may be read or assigned differently.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Zahlungen von Geldsteuern). 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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bgu.7.1604

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

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