Receipt for money tax
Receipt for payment for the pittakion by a Pabous
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 32732
Receipt for payment of 1 talent for the pittakion of Pabous TM 32732probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIVth century A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording a payment of 1 talent for the pittakion (a land allotment or tax unit) of Pabous son of Akoris, in year 1, paid through Thaktes. It comes from Karanis in the Fayum and dates to the 4th century AD.
In English machine translation
For the pittakion of Pabous son of Akoris,
lessee (?), fellow farmer (?), year 1, through Thaktes:
1 talent.
A pittakion was a unit of land or tax assessment in late antique Egypt, with no exact English equivalent. The abbreviations read as 'lessee' and 'fellow farmer' are uncertain expansions.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt. 6. πιττάκιον). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
o.mich.3.990
πιττακίου Παβοῦς Ἀκώρεως μισθούμενος συγγέωργος α ἔτους διὰ Θακτῆ τάλαντα α.