An account listing individual taxpayers with the sums each paid, in drachmas or obols, with subtotals. It is catalogued as a record of receipts of the crown tax (aurum coronarium), from the Arsinoite nome in the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[verso]
[column i]
[…] […] son of […]on, 12 obols
Herakleides son of Mystarion, 8 drachmas
Herakleides son of Heron, Alexandrian, 4 drachmas 2 obols
Onnophris son of Orsenouphis, 4 drachmas
[…] son of Peneeus, 14 obols
Antonius son of Antonius, 4 drachmas
Chairemon son of Chairemon, 6 obols
Sotas son of Onesimos, 4 drachmas
Ebaieus son of Habrys, pym(?), 18 obols
Onnophris son of Anchorimphis, 10 obols
Osis son of Mou[…], 12 obols
Eudaimon son of Zoilos […], 4 drachmas
[…] son of Herakleides, 4 drachmas
[…] An[…]ast[…], 4 drachmas
[…]
[…]
[…], 4 drachmas
[…] son of Chairemon, 4 drachmas
[…] son of Ision, 4 drachmas
[…] total 80 drachmas 20 obols
[…] son of Horos […], […] obols
[…] son of Chreenouphis […]
[…], […] obols
[…]pos […]
[…]
[column ii]
[…], 11 obols
[…], 4 drachmas
Papontos, fatherless, son of Taarphaesis, 8 obols
Satyros son of Sabinus, 4 drachmas
Isas son of Isas, 12 obols
Dios son of Heras the younger, 4 drachmas
Diodoros son of Posidonios, 8 obols
Neilos son of Herakleides, 4 drachmas
Ptolemaios son of Chairemon, carpenter, 4 drachmas
[…] son of Sambas, 4 drachmas
20, total 56 drachmas
Chares son of Eudaimon, 12 drachmas
Iason son of Tithoes, 16 obols
Antonius, his brother, 8 obols
Ch[…] the elder, son of Maron, vegetable-seller(?), 22 obols
N[…] son of Herakleides, 20 obols
Papos(?) […] son of Deios, 4 drachmas
Horos son of Aunes, 28 obols
[…] son of Dionysios son of Maximus, 16 obols
[…] son of […]reus, 4 drachmas
[…]mon son of Apias, 10 obols
[…] son of Herakleides, 16 obols
[…] son of Polydeukes, 14 obols
[…]
The crown tax (aurum coronarium) was originally a gift to rulers that became a regular levy. Abbreviations such as 'pym' and 'lach' are uncertain; 'lach' may indicate a vegetable-seller.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ratio accepti auri coronarii). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.