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Account of money-tax payments in talents TM 32964Philadelphia (Arsinoites)IV

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An account of payments of money taxes made by various individuals on dated days in the months Pachon, Pauni and Epeiph, with sums in talents, including a section of payments for expenses. It comes from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome and dates to the 4th century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] Payment of money taxes Pachon 27, […] 25 talents Pauni 6, 17,050 talents 8, […]41 talents 20, 2,500 talents Ol son of Paesios, 4,050 talents Marinos, 4,400 talents Ol son of Apphous, 4,725 talents Pekysis son of Kallistos, 3,500 talents Ol son of Poual, 15,200 talents Marinos, 6,000 talents 21, 6,000 talents Papnouthis son of Asoei, 8,200 talents Likewise Pettiris, 4,800 talents Poual, 12,000 talents Ol son of Asoei, 2,000 talents For expenses: Pettiris, 5,900 talents Antonios, 5,000 talents Pekysis son of Kallistos, 6,000 talents Arkesis, 5,000 talents Aretios, 8,000 talents Epeiph 10, 3,400 talents 25, Pam[…] Olathi son of Dionysios, 1,000 talents Pettiris, through 2, 2,000 talents Hatres son of Aoul, through 1, 1,000 talents [verso] Hatres 2,700 […] Likewise […]

The very large sums in talents reflect the severe inflation of the 4th century. Figures written with thousands-signs have been read as thousands of talents; some readings are uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Geldzahlungen). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · IV · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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