Fragment of a tax register from Roman Egypt listing individual taxpayers (one the son of Petheus) with dated payments in drachmas for years 18 and 19 of an unnamed emperor. It dates to the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
[…]
[…] … of Theon (?) […]
Year 18, Mecheir 16, 1600 (?) […], 2 drachmas […]
Year 19, Phaophi 19, 1600 (?) 5, year … […]
through Phaesis … 160 (?) and […]
[…]os son of Petheus, son of H[…]
Year 18, Phamenoth 23, 600 (?), 16 drachmas; Pachon 4 […]
Year 19, Phaophi 6, 1600 (?) and 7, 8 drachmas […]
[…] … 21, 1600 (?) 15 […] … 8 drachmas […]
[…]
[verso]
[…]
The recurring sequence read as 'αχι' (perhaps numerals 1600 or an abbreviation) is of uncertain meaning; the numerical renderings are tentative. The verso text is entirely 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 Register). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.