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Fragment of a fiscal account recording the assessed tax quota of wool, the part shipped to Alexandria with its gold equivalent, and the outstanding remainder broken down by nome (Aphroditopolite, Memphite, Letopolite, Arsinoite, Kynopolite, Herakleopolite). A similar entry for wax follows before the text breaks off. From Oxyrhynchus, 5th century AD.
Kanon is the fixed annual tax assessment; 'grams' renders grammata, the smallest unit of weight (1/24 ounce). The nome figures add up to the stated remainder of 3,787 pounds.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tax Accounts). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
καὶ ἀπὸ λόγου ἐρέας ὁ κανὼν λίτρα Ηφνδ ἀφʼ ὧν ἀπεστάλη εἰς τὴν μεγαλόπολιν Ἀλεξάνδρειαν διὰ διαφόρων παραπομπῶν λίτρα Δψξζ χρυσοῦ λίτρα β οὐγκίαι δ γράμματα κ λοιπαὶ λίτρα Γψπζ οὕτως Ἀφροδιτοπολίτου λίτρα ψμβ Μεμφίτου λίτρα χϙε Λητοπολίτου λίτρα φξε Ἀρσινοείτου λίτρα Αφκ Κυνοπολί…
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