bgu.7.1590a
ἔτους … λϛ Καίσαρος Ἁθὺρ λ διαγέγραφεν διὰ Ῥωμύλου χειριστοῦ Παχνοῦβις Παχνουβι… συνταξίμων ἕκτου καὶ λ ἔτους Φιλαδελφείας ἀργυρ…τεσσαρ κβ …ϛ τοῦ χ[…] ………… κδ […] [… 3 lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 9496
Receipt for syntaximon tax paid by Pachnoubis at Philadelphia TM 9496Philadelphia (Arsinoites)26. Nov. 6
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A tax receipt from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, recording that Pachnoubis paid the syntaximon tax for the 36th year of Augustus through the cashier Romylos. It is dated Hathyr 30 of year 36, that is 26 November AD 6.
In English machine translation
Year 36 of Caesar, Hathyr 30. Pachnoubis son of Pachnoubis(?) has paid through Romylos, the cashier (cheiristes), for the syntaximon of the 36th year, at Philadelphia, silver drachmas, four [...] 22 [...] 6 [...]
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The syntaximon was a fixed-rate money tax, often understood as a poll tax. The same papyrus carries a second receipt for an unnamed tax, dated 28 November AD 6.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittung über συντάξιμον - Abgabe und Quittung über unbenannte Steuer). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
bgu.7.1590b
ἔτους λϛ Καίσαρος Χοιὰχ β διαγέγραφεν Παχνόβις Παχνούβιος ὑπὲρ λε ἔτους χαλκοῦ κζ ἐπὶ λόγου δραχμὰς τέσσαρας γίνονται δραχμαὶ δ διὰ Μύσθου λογευτοῦ.