Receipt for money tax
Receipt for tax payment by an Orsenouphis
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41862
Receipt for a money payment by Orsenouphis of Bakchias TM 41862probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIst century B.C. /Ist century A.D.
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A short ostracon receipt recording a payment of 6 drachmas by Orsenouphis, an inhabitant of Bakchias, covering the period Epeiph 1 to 19 of year 1. It probably comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome and dates to the 1st century BC or 1st century AD.
In English machine translation
Year 1. Orsenouphis (?), Bacchiote, (has paid) 6 (drachmas?) from Epeiph 1 to 19, 6 drachmas.
The abbreviations are heavily compressed; the sign read as 'X(e)' after the name and the first '6' are of uncertain meaning. 'Bacchiote' means a resident of the village of Bakchias.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for money tax). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
o.mich.3.981
ἔτους α Ὀρσενοῦφις Ξε Βακχειώτης ς Ἐπεὶφ α ἕως ιθ δραχμὰς ϛ.