Receipt for Tax Payment
Receipt for payment of an unnamed tax
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 41896
Receipt for payment of 202 drachmas by three men TM 41896probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptFebruary-April, 294 A.D.
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An ostracon receipt recording that Kapeeis, Peesis and Ammonios paid 202 drachmas for the months Phamenoth and Pharmouthi, probably for an unnamed tax. It dates to AD 294 and probably comes from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Year 10 and 9 and 2.
Kapeeis and Peesis and Ammonios paid for Phamenoth and Pharmouthi 202 drachmas.
The date formula 'year 10 and 9 and 2' reflects the joint regnal years of the Tetrarchy (Diocletian and Maximian, year 10 and 9; Constantius and Galerius, year 2). The tax being paid is not named.
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 Tax Payment). 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.1.136
ἔτους ι καὶ ἐνάτου καὶ β ἔτους διέγραψεν Καπέεις καὶ Πεῆσις καὶ Ἀμμώνιος Φαμενὼθ καὶ Φαρμοῦθι δραχμὰς σβ.