Apportionment of gold taxes for the district of Saint Philotheos TM 39788Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)VIII

Fragmentary tax register from Aphrodito in the 8th century AD, recording the apportionment (merismos) of public taxes payable in gold. It mentions sums demanded, the district of Saint Philotheos, entries made through tax-exempt persons, and a place or person called Spanisneu.

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Merismos is the Byzantine and early Islamic term for the distribution of a tax assessment among taxpayers. 'Through the tax-exempt' (ateleis) probably refers to payments recorded via persons or holdings exempt from taxation; the exact sense is uncertain.

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.