A bank receipt from Ptolemais Euergetis in the Arsinoite nome, dated 19 August 113, recording that Tachnoubis of Karanis paid the enkyklion (sales or transfer tax) on the transfer of a vacant walled plot of 225 cubits to the tax farmers led by Demetrios also called Philotas. It is signed by bank officials.
In English machine translation
Year 16 of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, month Kaisareios 26.
Tachnoubis daughter of Orsenouphis, [son of …]oros, from the village of Karanis, has paid to the bank of the enkyklion tax at Ptolemais Euergetis of the Arsinoite nome, to the account of Demetrios also called Philotas and partners, farmers of the enkyklion tax, the tax on the transfer of a vacant walled plot of 225 cubits […] by […]phris son of Maritios […] and […] of Helene and […], in return for which she owed 100 drachmas […] of the agreed 32 drachmas.
(2nd hand) Demetrios also called Philotas: price of a vacant walled plot, 32 drachmas of silver.
Andronikos, I have signed. […], I have signed. Athenodoros, I have signed.
The enkyklion was a tax levied on sales and transfers of property; 'ekstasis' denotes the cession of property. Lines 8-11, naming the parties and the sums owed, are badly damaged.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.