cpr.14.18
δέδωκεν ὀνόματος[…]διὰ[…]ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ[…] εἰς λόγον δημοσίων ἀννωνῶν καὶ κανονικῶν τῆς[…]ἰνδικτίονος χρυσοῦ κεράτια ἕνδεκα καὶ ἥμισυ σὺν τῇ εὐεργεσίᾳ, γίνονται χρυσοῦ κεράτια ια 𐅵, σὺν τῇ εὐεργεσίᾳ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 37199
Receipt for annona and canonica taxes paid in gold TM 37199unbekanntVI
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A fragmentary tax receipt recording a payment of 11 1/2 carats of gold toward the public annona and canonica taxes for an indiction year. The names of the payer and the intermediary are lost. It dates to the sixth century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] has paid in the name of […] through […] for the assessment (?) […] on account of public annona and canonica taxes of the […] indiction, 11 1/2 carats of gold, with the benefaction (?); total 11 1/2 carats of gold, with the benefaction (?).
Annona and canonica were the regular state taxes of late antique Egypt, here paid in gold carats (a carat being 1/24 of a solidus). The phrase 'with the benefaction' (euergesia) is a recurring receipt formula whose exact meaning is debated.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tax Receipt for Annona and Canonica). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.