One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 75015
Receipt for geometria tax on Kerameia TM 75015500 CE – 690 CE
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Ostracon receipt in which Psenmonte[…] acknowledges receiving from Phthom[…], son of Sempetechonsis, payment of the geometria (land-survey) tax on the Kerameia district for year 14. It is dated Phaophi 15 of year 15 of Aurelius Antoninus, probably Marcus Aurelius (October AD 174) or Caracalla (AD 206).
In English machine translation
Psenmonte[…] […] to Phthom[…] […] son of Sempetechonsis […]. I have received for geometria of Kerameia for year 14: 2 drachmas 4 1/2 obols 2 chalkoi. Year 15 of Aurelius Antoninus Caesar the lord, Phaophi 15.
The catalogue date of AD 500-690 conflicts with the text's own regnal date under an emperor Aurelius Antoninus (2nd or early 3rd century AD). Geometria was a tax on land measured for orchards and vineyards; Kerameia is likely a district name, probably at Thebes.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as documentary text [VI-VII century]). 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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Ψενμοντε…υ …υμνει…χ…α…ε… δ…κ Φθομ… κ…λ… Σεμπετεχώνσιος …υθ. ἔσχον ὑπὲρ γεωμετρίας Κεραμείων ιδ ἔτους δραχμὰς β ὀβολοὺς δ 𐅵 χαλκοῦς β. ἔτους ιε Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Φαῶφι ιε.