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Register of tax payments in fractions of a solidus by Arab taxpayers TM 957752Herakleopolites2. Hälfte VIII

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A register of tax payments in fractions of the gold solidus made by mostly Arab Muslim taxpayers and their clients (mawali), some from villages such as Phys, Thmoine and Phnebi, recording whether each paid in person or through an intermediary. It dates to the second half of the 8th century AD in the Herakleopolite nome.

In English machine translation

Paid: Aiyub son of Abib, 1/6 1/8 solidus, through Ismail son of Abdallah, 1/6 1/8 solidus David from the village of Phys, 1/8 solidus, by his own hand, [1/8 solidus] Ubaydallah son of Khunays, 1/6 1/8 solidus, [through] […] Elias, [1/6] 1/8 solidus … Jamal son of Sa[hl], 1/6 1/24 solidus, through Elias son of Joseph, 1/6 1/24 solidus Said son of Mansur, 1/6 solidus, through … Ia…ni, 1/6 solidus 1/12 Usama son of Ibrahim, 1/12 solidus 1/6 Sahla from the village of Thmoine, 1/6 solidus 1/3 Maslama son of Yazid, 1/3 solidus …, client (mawla) of …, 1/4 solidus, by his own hand, 1/4 solidus […], client (mawla) of Usama, … solidus […] from the village of Phnebi, 1/8 solidus, [through] […], 1/8 solidus […] from the village of […]ge, 1/12 solidus, [through …], 1/12 solidus … son of …, 1/6 solidus […] …, 1/6 1/24 solidus, through Elias son of Joseph, 1/6 1/24 solidus 1/3 […], 1/12 solidus, through […], 1/12 solidus […], [1/8 1/48 solidus], through […], 1/8 1/48 solidus 1/12 […], [1/12 1/24 1/48 solidus], by his own hand, 1/24 1/48 solidus, through Elias son of Joseph, 1/24 1/48 solidus G… [son of Mu]slim, [… solidus], [through] […], [… solidus] […] Ibrahim from the village of Phys, [… solidus] […] […]id from the village of Thmoine, [… solidus] […] Abdallah from the same, 1/12 solidus, through […], [1/12 solidus] (on behalf of) … from the same, 1/24 solidus […] Solidi 1/2 1/3 1/12 1/48 …, total 3 1/48 solidi …

The heading 'paid' contrasts with the catalogue title describing outstanding payments. Arabic names are given in conventional English forms; mawla denotes a freedman or client attached to an Arab patron.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Register von ausstehenden Steuerzahlungen). 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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p.heid.11.471

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

ἀνυσθέντα Αιουπ υἱὸς Αβιβ νομίσματος ϛ η διὰ τοῦ Ισμαηλ υἱοῦ Αβδελλα νομίσματος ϛ η Δαυὶδ ἀπὸ χωρίου Φυς νομίσματος η διὰ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ νομίσματος η Ουπηειδαλλα υἱὸς Χουνεις νομίσματος ϛ η διὰ τοῦ […]…α… … Ἠλία νομίσματος ϛ ' η … Γαμαλ υἱὸς Σααλ νομίσματος ϛ κδ ' διὰ τοῦ Ἠλία …