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Receipt for poll tax paid in gold for the village of Sinape TM 39603Sinape (Hermopolites)VII - VIII

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A tax receipt recording that Basil(?), heir of Taurinos, from Hermopolis, paid 17 carats of gold for the poll tax (andrismos) assessed on the village of Sinape. It was written by the assistant Basileides in the 2nd indiction, in the Hermopolite nome in the 7th or 8th century AD.

In English machine translation

† Village of Sinape, installment 2, indiction […]. Basil(?), heir of Taurinos, from Hermopolis, for poll tax (andrismos): of gold, seventeen carats, total 17 carats only. Written on the 3rd(?), indiction 2, through me, Basileides, assistant. We agree. †

Andrismos is a poll tax on adult men; the payer's name is abbreviated (Basil...) and its full form is uncertain. The figure before the indiction in the dating line may be a day number.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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.3.1095a

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

[A] † κώμης Σιναπὴ μερισμοῦ β ἰνδικτίονος Βασιλ κληρονόμος Ταυρίνου ἀπὸ Ἑρμουπόλεως ὑπὲρ ἀνδρισμοῦ χρυσοῦ κεράτια δέκα ἑπτὰ γίνεται κεράτια ιζ μόνα. ἐγράφη γ β ἰνδικτίονος διʼ ἐμοῦ Βασιλείδου βοηθοῦ συμφωνοῦμεν †