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Account of transport charges and crown tax for Lower Psobthis TM 31773Oxyrhynchos, Oxyrhynchite nome, EgyptIIIrd century A.D.

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An account of payments due from the village of Lower Psobthis in the Oxyrhynchite nome, covering barges, crown tax, wages of camel-drivers and freight of barley to Alexandria, each followed by a supplementary charge called eremon. It was written at Oxyrhynchos, probably in the 3rd century AD.

In English machine translation

[1] Of Lower Psobthis. For the flat-bottomed barges of Kronion, 299 drachmas, for eremon (desert dues), 27 drachmas, for crown tax, 1 talent 897 drachmas, for eremon, 682 drachmas, for wages of camel-drivers, 216 drachmas, [2] for eremon, 21 drachmas, for freight of barley to Alexandria, 518 drachmas, for eremon, 52 drachmas, total, 1 talent 2712 drachmas.

The term eremon (literally 'of the desert') is obscure; it may be connected with the desert-guard tax (eremophylakia). The listed items add up exactly to the stated total of 1 talent 2712 drachmas.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Accounts of Transport). 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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Accounts of transport

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Oxy. XIV 1652 · IIIrd century A.D. · Oxyrhynchos, Oxyrhynchite nome, Egypt

These two accounts, written by the same hand and following the same formula, relate to two villages in the Lower toparchy of the nome. The names of the villages preced as headings, and below are entered various sums for barges, desert dues, crown tax, wages for camelmen, each of …

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p.oxy.14.1652A

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Oxyrhynchos

[1] Ψώβθεως Κάτω. πλατυπηγίων Κρονίωνος δραχμαὶ σϙθ, ἐρήμων δραχμαὶ κζ, στεφανωτικῶν τάλαντον α δραχμαὶ ωϙζ, ἐρήμων δραχμαὶ χπβ, ὀψωνίου δρομαδαρίων δραχμαὶ σιϛ, [2] ἐρήμων δραχμαὶ κα, ναύλου κριθῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας δραχμαὶ φιη, ἐρήμων δραχμαὶ νβ, γίνονται τάλαντον α δραχμαὶ Βψιβ.