p.heid.11.493
[r] † δέδωκεν ὀνόματος Λάμων Σαραπίωνος διὰ …[…]… εἰς λόγον δημοσίων ἀννωνῶν καὶ κανονικῶν τετάρτης ἰνδικτίωνος χρυσοῦ κεράτια ἓν ἥμισυ, γίνεται κεράτια α 𐅵. † Φοιβάμμων διαστολεὺς συμφωνῶ. [v] † Λάμων Σαραπίωνος κεράτια α 𐅵
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 957777
Receipt for gold paid toward annona and canonica taxes TM 957777HermopolitesAnfang VII
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A tax receipt recording that Lamon son of Sarapion paid 1 1/2 gold carats toward the public annona and canonica taxes of the fourth indiction. The payment is confirmed by Phoibammon, a diastoleus. It comes from the Hermopolite nome in the early 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
[recto]
† Paid in the name of Lamon son of Sarapion, through […], on account of the public annona and canonica of the fourth indiction, gold: one and a half carats, total 1 1/2 carats. † I, Phoibammon, diastoleus, agree.
[verso]
† Lamon son of Sarapion, 1 1/2 carats
The diastoleus was a tax official who checked and confirmed payments. The annona and canonica were the regular state levies of the period, here paid in gold carats (keratia).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Buchungsbescheinigung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.