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Receipts for monodesmia of hay paid by Polydeukes TM 28806Karanis (Arsinoites)spätes II - frühes III

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A series of tax receipts recording instalments of 4 drachmas paid by Polydeukes for the monodesmia of hay and related levies. Found at Karanis in the Arsinoite nome, dated to the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[…] Year 2, Phamenoth 23. Polydeukes son of […]ouchos paid for the monodesmia of hay and other kinds of the same […] Year 2, 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; […] 8, another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Pauni 4, another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; […] another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Mesore 1, another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; […] Year 3, Thoth […] for the count (?) of the past Year 2, 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Phaophi […] another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; […] another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; […] 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; […] another 4 drachmas, total [4 drachmas]. Year […] of Hadrian (?) 9 (?), Polydeukes son of […]ouchos paid for the monodesmia of hay and other kinds of the same […] Year […], 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Tybi 17, another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Pharmouthi 1, another […] drachmas; […] 25, another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas.

The monodesmia chortou was a tax connected with hay bundles, often paid in money instalments. The reading of Hadrian's name in the second receipt is uncertain and sits awkwardly with the late 2nd-early 3rd century date.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipts for μονοδεσμία χόρτου). 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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p.mich.6.389

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · spätes II - frühes III · Karanis (Arsinoites)

[…]β ἔτους Φαμενὼθ κγ διέγραψε Πολυδεύκης[…]ούχου ὑπὲρ μονοδεσμίας χόρτου καὶ ἄλλων εἰδῶν τοῦ αὐτοῦ […]β ἔτους δραχμὰς τέσσαρας, γίνονται δραχμαὶ δ,[…]… η ἄλλας δραχμὰς τέσσαρας, γίνονται δραχμαὶ δ, Παῦνι δ ἄλλας δραχμὰς τέσσαρας, γίνονται δραχμαὶ δ, […]… ἄλλας δραχμὰς τέσσαρας, …