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Two receipts for dike tax paid at Soknopaiou Nesos TM 9565Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)17. Juli 168

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Two receipts on one sheet, issued on the same day by Dioskoros and his fellow tax collectors of Soknopaiou Nesos, recording that Pakysis son of Onnophris and Stotoetis son of Stotoetis each paid 6 drachmas 4 obols in dike tax for the previous year. They date to 17 July 168 under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus.

In English machine translation

[1] Year 8 of Antoninus and Verus the lords Augusti, Armeniaci, Medici, Parthici Maximi, Epeiph 23. Pakysis son of Onnophris, grandson of Pakysis, his mother being […], has paid through Dioskoros and his associates, collectors of money taxes of the village of Soknopaiou Nesos, […] for the dike tax of the past year 7, 6 drachmas 4 obols, total 6 drachmas 4 obols, and the additional receipt charges. [2] Year 8 of Antoninus and Verus the lords Augusti, Armeniaci, Medici, Parthici Maximi, Epeiph 23. Stotoetis son of Stotoetis, grandson of Stotoetis, his mother being […]tha[…], has paid through Dioskoros and his associates, collectors of money taxes of the village of Soknopaiou Nesos, for the dike tax of the past year 7, 6 drachmas 4 obols, total 6 drachmas 4 obols, and the additional receipt charges.

The dike tax (chomatikon) paid for upkeep of irrigation embankments; the standard rate was 6 drachmas 4 obols. The 'additional charges' (symbolika) were small fees for issuing the receipt.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Zwei Steuerquittungen). 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 · 17. Juli 168 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

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