Fragment of a tax list from the Hermopolite nome, mid-7th century AD. It records individuals, among them a shepherd and two brothers, with the areas of land in arouras on which they owe the tax contribution (synteleia) and rent (pakton), and on the back the sums in solidi, totalling 12 1/2 solidi.
In English machine translation
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Pamoun (son of) Eulitta, for tax contribution, arouras […]
Palou, shepherd, for tax contribution, 3 1/8 arouras […]
Joseph (son of) Oups(?), for tax contribution, 2 1/4 1/16 arouras, and for rent (pakton), arouras […]
Kollouthos (son of) David, for tax contribution, 9 1/4 1/8 arouras, and for rent […]
Joseph (son of) Pempo, for tax contribution, 1/4 aroura […]
Loulous, his brother, for tax contribution, 1/4 aroura […]
Georgios (son of) Palou, for tax contribution, 1 aroura […]
Total together …[…]…
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[…] and for rent, 2 1/1 (?), 1/50 solidus (?), 3
[…] and for rent, 2 1/3, solidi 3
[…] and for rent, 2 1/3, solidi 3
[…] for rent, 7 1/2 arouras, and for rent 2 1/39 (?), and and in the name of 1, solidi 3
[…] and for rent, 2 1/8, solidi 3
[…] and for rent, 2 1/1 (?), solidi 3
[…] total, 12 1/2 solidi
Synteleia was a general tax contribution and pakton a fixed rent or tax payment on land; neither has an exact English equivalent. Several numerical sequences on the verso are uncertain in reading and interpretation.
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.