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Receipt for diagraphon payment signed by the priest Basilios TM 34745unbekanntIV - VII

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Fragmentary receipt on an ostracon acknowledging a payment made for a diagraphon (a tax or payment), signed by the priest Basilios. It dates from the 4th to 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† I have received from […] for the poll-tax (?) […] [… 2 lines lost …] † Basilios, priest, I agree. …

Diagraphon in late antique receipts usually denotes a tax payment, often taken as the poll-tax; the exact sense here is uncertain. 'Presbyteros' may mean priest or village elder.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 - VII

† ἔσχον παρὰ ὑπὲρ διαγράφου [… 2 lines lost …] † Βασίλιος πρεσβύτερος στοιχεῖ …