Tax Register
Short day by day register of payments for poll-tax (and/or other taxes)
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An ostracon from Karanis recording, day by day, the names of taxpayers who made payments, probably for the poll-tax. Entries are grouped under days 3, 4 and 5 of a month and list men with their fathers, grandfathers and mothers, plus a slave named Eutyches. It dates to the middle or late 2nd century AD.
Short lines such as 'Herak(…)', 'Lebis' and 'Isidoros' may be separate names or headings; their role is uncertain. The numbers after Eutyches' name are unclear and may be amounts paid.'
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tax Register). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Short day by day register of payments for poll-tax (and/or other taxes)
γ ὁμοίως κωμ Σαμβᾶς Σοκμήνεως τοῦ Σαμβᾶ Ἡρακλ Σάμηνος Πετεσούχου τοῦ Πετεσούχου μητρὸς Ἀπιανῆς Λέβιτος Ὀννῶφρις Πεέως τοῦ Πεέως μητρὸς Σεγάθιος …[…] Ἰσίδωρος Εὐτύχης δοῦλος Πάπου γ α δ ὁμοίως Σαταβοῦς Ἁρμιύσεως τοῦ Πνεφερῶτος ε ὁμοίως Ἥρων Πεέως τοῦ Κολλούθου μητρὸς Ταορσενούφιος…
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