Record of transfer tax on a three-storied house and courtyard TM 5259Oxyrhynchos25. Aug. 46 v.Chr.

A record of payment of the sales tax on a house purchase: Ammonas son of Hierax paid the tax on a three-storied house and part of a courtyard, with its access and appurtenances, in a village of the Middle toparchy, bought from Diomedes and Charias under Egyptian-language contracts. Dated year 6 of Queen Cleopatra (VII), 25 August 46 BC, from the Oxyrhynchite area.

In English machine translation

The 'bikos' here seems to be used as a measure, probably of area or extent, whose exact value is uncertain. The tax (telos) is the enkyklion, levied on property transfers.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Record of Transfer Tax on House). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.