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Receipt for second instalment of tax paid by Elias son of Athanasios TM 38884ArsinoitesVII

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A tax receipt recording that Elias son of Athanasios paid 4 solidi and 5 1/4 carats, on the Alexandrian standard, as the second instalment of his tax assessment for the 10th indiction. It is dated Pharmouthi 28 and signed by Stephanos son of Zacharias. It comes from the Arsinoite nome in the 7th century AD.

In English machine translation

† Paid by the lord Elias son of Athanasios, from the assessment, 2nd instalment, 10th indiction, Alexandrian standard, 4 solidi 5 1/4 carats, four solidi, five and a quarter carats, only; month of Pharmouthi 28 of the 10th indiction. † Through me, Stephanos son of Zacharias.

The diagraphe was the tax assessment, paid in instalments (katabolai). The 'Alexandrian' standard refers to the weight standard used to reckon the gold solidi.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as p.lond.1.113_9C). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

p.lond.1.113_9C

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VII · Arsinoites

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