p.aberd.159
[… ? lines lost …] ἐποικίου Σενκ […] ιε Σώτας Μελοτιχέως τ… ὑικῆς δραχμὴν α ὀβολὸν, φυλάκων … Ὀρσενοῦφις ἀδελφὸς … ὑικῆς δραχμὴν α ὀβολὸν, φυλάκων … [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 28310
Tax register fragment with pig tax and guards' tax entries TM 28310Arsinoites?II
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A fragment of a tax register listing individual taxpayers of a hamlet and the amounts they owed or paid for the pig tax and the guards' tax. It dates to the 2nd century AD and probably comes from the Arsinoite nome (Fayum).
In English machine translation
[…]
of the hamlet (epoikion) of Senk[…] 15 (?)
Sotas son of Melotichis […]
for pig tax 1 drachma 1 obol, for guards' tax […]
Orsenouphis, brother […]
for pig tax 1 drachma 1 obol, for guards' tax […]
[…]
The pig tax (hyike) and the guards' tax (phylakon) were small capitation-type levies commonly recorded together in Roman Egyptian tax lists. The name of the hamlet is incomplete..
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.