Fragment of a tax list from the Hermopolite nome, mid-7th century AD. The recto records payments in solidi and keratia under headings such as supplementary charge, lease and per-name dues, totalling 92 1/3 solidi; the verso lists taxpayers' names, including Enoch, Papous and a presbyter Viktor.
In English machine translation
[recto]
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[…] and of the supplementary charge (diastole), 1 keration, 1/4 […]
[…] and of the supplementary charge, 5 keratia, and for the name 1 solidus […]
[…] and of the lease (paktos), 36 keratia, and for the name 1 solidus […]
[…] and of the lease, 1/4 keration, and for the name 1 solidus, 1/3
[…] and of the lease, 1/4 keration, and for the name 1 solidus, 1/3
[…] and of the lease, 1/2 keration, 1/3 solidus
Total together: 92 1/3 solidi
[verso]
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[…]
[…] P[…]
[…] Serch[…]
Enoch, son of Patk[…]
Papous, son of Siris […]
Viktor, presbyter (?) […]
Total: names, 3[…]
Diastole and paktos are fiscal terms of late Byzantine Egypt, roughly a supplementary assessment and a lease or fixed-rent payment; 'for the name' refers to a per-person charge. A keration was 1/24 of a gold solidus.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Fragment einer Steuerliste). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.