Receipt for tax on the purchase of two slaves from the treasury TM 31754OxyrhynchosIII

A fragmentary receipt from Oxyrhynchus, 3rd century AD, recording that Arsinoe paid the supervisors of the sales tax (enkyklion) and auction fee on goods sold by the treasury, on behalf of Aurelius Eudaimon, for two slaves. The total paid was 164 drachmas.

In English machine translation

The enkyklion was a tax on sales and transfers of property; the komaktoria was a fee charged on goods sold at public auction, here property confirmed as sold by the fiscus.

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 Tax on Purchase of Slaves). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.