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Monthly report of money-tax payments at Karanis to the strategos TM 9681Karanis (Arsinoites)215 (?)

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Opening of a monthly report by Aurelius Sarapion, collector of money taxes at Karanis, to the strategos Aurelius Apollonios also called Soter, listing payments made to the public bank for the month Mecheir of year 23. The list of amounts is lost.

In English machine translation

To Aurelius Apollonios also called Soter, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division, from Aurelius Sarapion, appointed to the office of collector of money taxes of the village of Karanis. There were paid to the public bank, for the account of the month Mecheir of the current year 23, […]

Year 23 probably refers to the reign of Caracalla, giving AD 215. The praktor argyrikon was a liturgical official responsible for collecting taxes paid in money.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Revenue Return). 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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bgu.13.2277

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 215 (?) · Karanis (Arsinoites)

Αὐρηλίωι Ἀπολλωνίωι τῶι καὶ Σωτῆρι στρατηγῷ Ἀρσινοίτου Ἡρακλείδουμερίδος παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Σαραπίωνος ἐν κλήρῳ πρακτορίας ἀργυρικῶν κώμης Καρανίδος. διεγράφησαν ἐπὶ τὴν δημοσίαν τράπεζαν εἰςἀρίθμησιν μηνὸς Μεχεὶρ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος κγ ἔτους [… ? lines lost …]