Declaration by village officials on fair tax assessment TM 86071Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)Anfang VIII

Fragmentary Coptic declaration in which Andreas and others, probably village officials, guarantee that they assessed a tax payment of 2 1/2 gold solidi fairly according to each person's means, without enmity or favouritism and omitting no one, accepting a penalty fixed by the governor if found false. It comes from Aphrodito in the early 8th century AD.

In English machine translation

Such guarantees by local headmen belong to the tax administration of the Arab governor Qurra ibn Sharik's era; the 'lord' is likely the governor. The restoration 'assessment' (epidiastalmos) is conjectural.

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