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Account of weavers' tax payments at Philadelphia TM 9521Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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A copy of an account drawn from receipts, listing instalment payments of the weavers' tax by individual weavers of Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome. Most weavers paid a total of 76 drachmas in several instalments over the months, with dates referring to year 3 of Hadrian.

In English machine translation

Copy. From the receipts: Sarapas son of Sarapas, weavers of Philadelphia: Tybi 7, 16 drachmas; Pharmouthi, 24 drachmas; Thoth 12, 36 drachmas; total 76. Pachiris son of Nemesas, year 3 of Hadrian (?), 30 [...]: 24 drachmas; Tybi 7, 16 drachmas; Phaophi of year 3, 24 drachmas; ⟦Hathyr 3, 4 drachmas⟧ total 64. Apis son of Apis: Pharmouthi 28, 36 drachmas; and year 3, Phaophi, 24 drachmas; Tybi 12, 16 drachmas; total 76. Peleeus son of Ision: Tybi 7, 16 drachmas; Mecheir 9, 16 drachmas; Phamenoth 28, 12 drachmas; Pauni 17, 32 drachmas; total 76. Harpaesis son of Onnophris: Phamenoth 23, 32 drachmas; and Pauni 17, 16 drachmas; Thoth 12 of year 3, 28 drachmas; total 76. Herakles son of Sambas: Tybi 7, 16 drachmas. Herakles son of Herakles: Pharmouthi 27, 16 drachmas; Phaophi, 28 drachmas; Pauni 9, 20 drachmas; Mesore, 12 drachmas; total 76. Herakleides son of Origenes: 140 drachmas (?); Phaophi 23, 40 drachmas; year 3, Tybi 2, 16 drachmas; total 76. Nemesas son of Onnophris: Pauni 13, 16 drachmas; Tybi 17, 12 drachmas; Epeiph 2, 16 drachmas; Mesore 23, 12 drachmas; Phamenoth 13, 20 drachmas; total 76. Apis son of Onnophris: Tybi 12, 16 drachmas; and Phamenoth 23, 24 drachmas; and Pharmouthi 28, 16 drachmas; year 3, Phaophi 27, 20 drachmas; total 76. Nepheros son of Onnophris: Mecheir 24, 16 drachmas; Phamenoth 13, 24 drachmas; Pauni 10, 24 drachmas; Mesore 23, 12 drachmas; total 76. Peterpsis son of Herakleios: Hathyr 28, towards the payment of (the year of) Hadrian, 8 drachmas. Nepheros, 76 drachmas. Petearpochras, 76 drachmas. Didymos, 76 drachmas.

The standard annual weavers' tax (gerdiakon) here appears to total 76 drachmas per person. Some figures, such as the 140 drachmas for Herakleides and Pachiris's 30, do not fit the totals and may reflect scribal error or unclear entries.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Zahlungen für die Webersteuer). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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