p.lille.1.38h
[FrH] […]χωματικὸν ἀρουρῶν ρκα ὧν …[…] […]κη διώβολον ὧν ἀργυρίου ιδ ὀβολὸς, χαλκοῦ […] […]τοῦ Σελεύκου νβὀβολὸς α 𐅵[…] […] ὧν ἀργυρίου μ ὀβολοὶ β 𐅵, χαλκοῦ […] […]Παχὼνς, τοῦ Πτολεμαίου[…] [… 2 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 3270
Account of dike tax payments TM 3270Ghoran (Arsinoites)
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Fragment of a Ptolemaic tax account recording payments of the dike tax (chomatikon) on 121 arouras of land, divided into silver and bronze amounts and mentioning Seleukos and Ptolemaios. It comes from Ghoran in the Arsinoite nome (Fayum).
In English machine translation
[Fragment H]
[…] dike tax on 121 arouras, of which […]
[…] 28 drachmas 2 obols, of which ⟦of Seleukos 52 drachmas 1 1/2 obols⟧ in silver 14 drachmas 1 obol, in bronze […]
[…] of Seleukos 52 [drachmas 1 1/2 obols] […]
[…] of which in silver 40 drachmas 2 1/2 obols, in bronze […]
[…] Pachon, of Ptolemaios […]
[… 2 lines lost …]
The chomatikon was a tax levied on land for the upkeep of dikes and embankments. The figure in line 2 ('28') is partly restored, and the scribe deleted an entry for Seleukos there and rewrote it in the next line.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Χωματικόν). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.