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[FrK] […]…ατα… εἰς τὸ χωματικὸν τοῦ Σελεύκου[…] γίνονται να ὀβολὸς α 𐅵 χαλκοῦ λ[…] […] λοιπὸν χαλκοῦ β ὀβολοὶ β 𐅵
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 3273
Fragment of an account of dike-tax payments TM 3273Ghoran (Arsinoites)
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A small fragment of an account recording payments toward the dike tax (chomatikon) connected with a certain Seleukos, giving a total and a remainder in drachmas and obols of bronze. It comes from Ghoran in the Arsinoite nome (Fayum).
In English machine translation
[Fragment K]
[…]…
for the dike tax of Seleukos […]
Total 51 (drachmas) 1 1/2 obols, in bronze 30 […] […]
Remainder in bronze 2 (drachmas) 2 1/2 obols
The chomatikon was a tax levied for the upkeep of dikes and embankments; the units of the figures (drachmas and obols, partly in bronze) are inferred from the symbols.
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.