An account of grain (in artabas) owed or paid by a series of estates, many belonging to high-ranking landowners, with each amount roughly half of a base figure, handled through the count Palos son of Ammonios. It probably dates to the 6th century AD and comes from the Hermopolite nome.
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Order of payment (?): the measure set out below […] together with the hundredths and all expenses, through the most magnificent count Palos son of Ammonios, as follows:
Estate of Taurinos son of Epiphanios, from 114 artabas: 57 artabas
Estate of Ammonios from the tribunes, from 14 1/2 artabas: 7 1/4 artabas
Estate of Theodotos, from 70 artabas: 35 artabas
Estate of the same, for the vicesimal tax (?), from 3 1/2 artabas: 1 1/2 1/4 artabas
Estate of the same, from 26 1/2 1/3 1/12 artabas: 13 1/3 1/8 artabas
Estate of Hyperechia, from 80 artabas: 40 artabas
Estate of Aurelia, clarissima, from 29 1/2 1/3 1/24 artabas: 14 1/2 1/3 1/12 1/48 artabas
Estate of Kallinikos son of Zenodotos, from 24 1/4 artabas: 12 1/8 artabas
Estate of Artemidora, clarissima, from 34 artabas: 17 artabas
Estate of the same, for the vicesimal tax (?), from 1 1/2 artabas: 1/2 1/4 artaba
Estate of Secundilla, from [19] 1/4 1/24 artabas: 9 1/2 1/8 1/48 artabas
For the holy monks, from 2 artabas: 1 artaba
Estate of Dabrotheos, most magnificent, from 8 1/4 artabas: 4 1/8 artabas
Estate of Theodotos, from 5 artabas: 2 1/2 artabas
Of Ioannes son of Hermes, scholastikos, from 18 artabas: 9 artabas
Former estate of Hadrianos, illustris, for the plots of Thynis, from 8 artabas: 4 artabas
Former estate of Eudokia, for Artabour, from 1 artaba: 1/2 artaba
Former estate of Hadrianos, illustris, for the same, from 2/3 artaba: 1/3 artaba
Total: 230 1/3 1/24 artabas
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… of grain (?) with freight charges … additional (?) and all expenses, through the most magnificent count Palos son of Ammonios
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"Ktesis" denotes a landed estate and "apoktesis" a former estate; "hekatostai" (hundredths) are surcharges. The abbreviation "beik(esimou)" is understood as a vicesimal (one-twentieth) charge, but this is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tax (?) account). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.