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Tax account of saints' districts at Aphrodito with Coptic acknowledgements TM 39839Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)VIII

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A Greek and Coptic tax account from Aphrodito recording dated payments by the 'shares' (tax districts) named after Saints Enoch, Victor and Philotheos, made through various individuals. Village representatives Theodosios, Shenoute and the priest Gennadios sign in Coptic agreeing to the tax demand (entagion) and acknowledge to the pagarch Basilios what remains unpaid of the second instalment.

In English machine translation

[… ? lines lost …] of the share of Saint Enoch, through Gennasios […] 30, through the following […] of the share of Saint Enoch, through Markos Psouot […] of the share of Saint Victor, through Ioannes the agent […] Phamenoth 1, through the following […] of the share of Saint Victor, through Markos Psouot […] of the share of Saint Enoch, through Genasios […] 2, requested (?) of Saint Enoch, through Makarios the priest […] 3, requested (?) of Saint Philotheos, through Markos Psouot […] 4, requested (?) of the share of Saint Philotheos, through Markos Psouot […] † I, Theodosios, agree to the entagion according to its force. † † I, Shinoute, agree to the entagion as it is written. † † I, Gennadios, priest, agree to the entagion according to its force. † † We, Theodosios and Gennadios and She[noute], write to the public account through yo[u, our lord Basilios], the pagarch of Jkow, that we acknowledge that we have not paid [anything of the] second exagion, the two-thirds of the public taxes […] [except for 61 (?)] solidi only, total 120 nomismata only. Phamenoth 29, requested (?) of the share of Saint Enoch, through […] 30, through the [following] […] of the share of Saint Philotheos, through Markos Psouot […] of Saint Enoch, through Makareos the priest […] of the share of Saint Victor, through Ioannes the agent […] Pharmouthi 5, through the following […] of the share of Saint Victor, through Markos Psouot […] of the share of Philotheos, through Psik […] of the share of Saint Enoch, through Genasios the priest […] 8, through the following […] of Saint Victor, through Markos Psouot […] of Saint Philotheos, through Markos Psouot […] Pachon 20 requested (?) of Saint Philotheos, through the most glorious pagarch […] † I, Theodosios, agree to the entagion according to […] † I, Shinoute, agree to the entagion. † I, Gennadios, priest, agree. †

An entagion was a tax demand note issued by the pagarch; the exagion here refers to a tax instalment. The abbreviation read as 'requested' (ᾐτήθη) is uncertain in sense, and the pagarch's name Basilios is restored.

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.

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