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Sworn register of public taxes paid by Menas son of Agapetos TM 39272HermopolisVII - VIII

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A sworn tax declaration from Hermopolis in which Menas son of Agapetos lists the public taxes he pays in gold coin and grain, itemized by category. He swears by God and by the safety of the ruling Amirs to pay double for anything omitted. It dates from the early Arab period, 7th-8th century AD.

In English machine translation

[† These are the] public taxes paid by me, Menas son of Agapetos, from Hermopolis: 38 solidi, 17 carats, and 39 1/2 artabas of grain and […] Thus: For the proportional assessment (analogia) of the […] thousands: 12 solidi, 6 1/4 carats, thus: For the public gold taxes for the 1 1/2 canon, at [6] solidi 18 1/3 carats: 10 solidi 3 1/2 carats For the commutation into money of 1/2 of the embole of the 10th (year?): 1 solidus 18 carats, and 35 […] artabas of grain For freight charges […] 1 1/4 carats: 22 solidi 1 3/4 carats, 9 carats, and 4 1/2 artabas, and 7 1/2 carats [For the] proportional assessment of the 500 thousands: 22 solidi 1 3/4 carats Thus: For the 6 carats: 3 solidi 1 3/4 carats For revenues: 19 solidi [†] I, Menas son of Agapetos, from Hermopolis, have submitted the present register of the public taxes paid [by me], swearing by God the Almighty and by the safety of [our] masters the Amirs that, if I am found to have omitted anything in this register, I will pay it in double [amount], and moreover be liable to the charge of perjury. †

Analogia was a proportional tax assessment; the embole was the grain levy, here partly commuted into money (apargyrismos). Several figures are damaged and the sums cannot be checked fully.

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

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · VII - VIII · Hermopolis

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