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Daybook of money-tax payments at Philadelphia over five days TM 9523Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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A daybook from Philadelphia in the Fayum recording money-tax payments over five days (Phamenoth 5 to 9, year 6), listing each taxpayer, often with title or occupation, and the drachmas paid, with daily totals and a grand total of 948 drachmas.

In English machine translation

[column 1] Philadelphia, payment of money taxes Mecheir, year 6 Phamenoth 5 Cornelius, overseer, [40 drachmas] Numissius, goldsmith, 12 drachmas Herais, daughter of Sabinianus, 4 drachmas Paseis son of Sarapion, laographos, 20 drachmas Pasion son of Salvius, likewise, 20 drachmas Kopres son of Apion, likewise, 20 drachmas Total 116 drachmas 6: Sarapias, daughter of Sabinianus, 12 drachmas Ammonas, veteran, 8 drachmas Heirs of Rufus son of Sarapion, 12 drachmas Valerius son of Lucretius, 4 drachmas Total 36 drachmas 7: Nemesilla daughter of Didymos, 28 drachmas Antonia Thermoutharion, 12 drachmas Apollos son of Pasion, 4 drachmas Diogenes and Pullus, 32 drachmas Sarapias daughter of Stratippos, 20 drachmas Mevia Clementina, 28 drachmas Appianus, centurion, 12 drachmas Maron, veteran, 8 drachmas Philoxas, gymnasiarch, 24 drachmas Heirs of Justus, high priest, 52 drachmas Heraiskos, soldier, 40 drachmas Longinus son of Sarapion, 40 drachmas [column 2] Ammonianus, duplicarius, 12 drachmas Diogenes also called Didymianus, 20 drachmas Valerius son of Titanianus, from the Museum, 40 drachmas Sarapion son of Numissius, 16 drachmas Ammonios son of Didymos, 4 drachmas Paesis, collector of the poll tax, 168 drachmas Total 560 drachmas 8: Aurelia Kothioula, 20 drachmas Isidoros son of Rufus, 16 drachmas Valeria Titania, 28 drachmas Paseis son of Paseis, 32 drachmas Apollon also called Maron, 4 drachmas Fabullus also called Philantinoos, gymnasiarch, 16 drachmas Vibas and Kasyllous, 16 drachmas Paesis, collector, 72 drachmas Paesis and Ammonianus, laographoi, 12 drachmas Total 216 drachmas 9: Heirs of Posidonios, hypomnematographos, 20 drachmas Grand total 948 drachmas

Payers include Roman veterans, soldiers, a duplicarius (soldier on double pay) and Alexandrian officials. A laographos was a local official keeping the poll-tax register.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tagebuch über Eingänge an Geldsteuern für eine Halbwoche von fünf Tagen). 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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