bgu.20.2848
ἔτους ἐβδόμου Φαωφι ς τέτακται ἐπὶ τὴν ἐν Συήνηι τράπεζαν ἐφ’ ῆς Ἀμμώνιος εἰς τὸ αὐτό ἔτος ἀκροδρύων Ἡρακλείδῃς Πρωτομάχου Ἐλεφαντεὺς χαλκοῦ οὗ ἀλλαγή δραχμὰς χιλίας νε, γίνονται Ανε. Ἀμμώνιος τραπεζίτης. Ασξε.
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Bank receipt for the akrodrya tax paid by Herakleides son of Protomachos TM 316210Elephantine oder Syene25. Okt. 111 v.Chr.
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Bank receipt from the royal bank at Syene, run by Ammonios, recording that Herakleides son of Protomachos of Elephantine paid 1,055 copper drachmas toward the tax on akrodrya (fruit trees or orchard produce). It is dated 25 October 111 BC.
In English machine translation
Year seven, Phaophi 6. There has been paid to the bank at Syene, of which Ammonios is in charge, for the same year, for fruit trees (?), by Herakleides son of Protomachos, of Elephantine, in copper on which the exchange is due, 1,055 drachmas, total 1,055.
Ammonios, banker.
1,265.
Akrodrya means fruit trees or tree fruits, here the name of a tax category with no exact English equivalent. The final figure 1,265 differs from the sum paid and may include the exchange surcharge on copper or another total.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittung für ἀκρόδρυα). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.