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Receipt for monthly tax instalments paid by Herieus son of Paubastis TM 9692Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)14. Juli 5 v.Chr.

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A running tax receipt recording a series of monthly instalments of 4 drachmas paid by Herieus son of Paubastis to the collector Peutas at Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum, beginning in Hathyr of year 25 of Augustus, with a payment for the salt tax. The last entries are damaged.

In English machine translation

Year 25 of Caesar, Hathyr 20. Herieus son of Paubastis has paid to Peutas, cheiristes, [for the] syntaxis (?) [...] of Soknopaiou Nesos, 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas [...] Choiak 30, 4 drachmas, ... total 4 drachmas 3 obols Tybi, Augustus' day, 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas Mecheir 21, 4 drachmas ... total 4 drachmas 3 obols Phamenoth 26, 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas Pharmouthi 24, 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas Pachon 14, 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas for salt tax, 4 obols Pauni 4, 8 drachmas, total 8 drachmas ... [...] [...] Epeiph 20 [...] [Mesore] [...] ... [...] [...] [...]

The cheiristes was a subordinate collector handling payments. The 'Augustus' day' (Sebaste) was a day named in honour of the emperor, and the date 14 July 5 BC presumably reflects the latest preserved entry.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tax Receipt). 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.13.2291

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 14. Juli 5 v.Chr. · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

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