One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29965

Receipt for crown money paid in the name of Patorzmethis TM 29965ThebenII - III

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A short tax receipt recording payment of 4 drachmas of crown money, credited to Patorzmethis for the South quarter. It was issued on Phamenoth 4 of year 21 at Thebes in the 2nd or 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

Phamenoth 4 of year 21, in the name of Patorzmethis son of Pha... [...] for crown money of the South (quarter), [4 drachmas], total 4 drachmas. I, Am..., have signed.

Crown money (stephanikon) was originally a gift of gold crowns to the ruler that became a regular tax. "South" refers to a quarter of Thebes, and the signer's name is abbreviated as Am...

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Crown Money). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · II - III · Theben

Φαμενὼθ δ τοῦ κα ἔτους ὀνόματος Πατορζμήθιος Φα… π…[…] ὑπὲρ στεφανικοῦ χρήματος Νότου δραχμὰς τέσσαρας, γίνονται δραχμαὶ δ. Ἀμ σεσημείωμαι.