receipt [VIII century]
tax receipt with partial date; formula of agreement in the back
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 75019
Receipt for partial payment of tax by Markos son of Kamoul TM 75019700 CE – 790 CE
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A tax receipt on an ostracon acknowledging a partial payment of the assessment (diagraphe) of the 15th indiction by Markos son of Kamoul, dated Pauni 15 of the 1st indiction. It is signed with formulas of agreement by Ananias and, on the back, by Patermouthios. It dates to the 8th century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
† I have received from you, Markos son of Kamoul, for part of the tax assessment of the 15th indiction, […] five […]. Pauni 15, indiction 1.
[…] Phil[…] Ananias agrees.
[…]
[verso]
[…]
† Patermouthios agrees. †
The diagraphe was a tax assessment in early Islamic Egypt; the amount paid is partly illegible. 'Agrees' (stoichei) is the standard subscription formula of the issuer or witness.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as receipt [VIII 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.
o.minor.E6
[r] † ἔσχον παρὰ σοῦ Μάρκου Καμοῦλ ὑπὲρ μέρους διαγραφῆς ιε ἰνδικτίωνος τρικ …ε πέντε . Παῦνι ιε ἰνδικτίωνος α. … ρ … Φιλ Ἀνανίας στοιχεῖ. …… [v] … † Πατερμούθιος στοιχεῖ. †