Account of trade tax and pig tax payments by barbers and locksmiths TM 29002OxyrhynchitesII

A fragmentary tax account from the Oxyrhynchite nome, 2nd century AD, listing individuals grouped by trade (barbers, locksmiths) with sums paid for a trade tax and the pig-tax assessment in year 16.

In English machine translation

The 'merismos' was a tax assessment apportioned among taxpayers; the pig tax (hyike) was a levy possibly connected with sacrificial pigs. The line beginning 'diapro' is unintelligible and left untranslated.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Trade - tax and Pig - tax). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.