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Receipt for monthly instalments of crown tax TM 9768Karanis (?) (Arsinoites)25. Juli - 23. Aug. 222

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A receipt recording a series of monthly instalments of 4 drachmas each paid, apparently towards the crown tax, to Aurelius Sisois and his fellow collectors by a son of Apollinarios. It dates to year 5 of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander (AD 222) and probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum.

In English machine translation

Year 5 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Felix and Marcus Aurelius Alexander Caesar, Augusti, […] paid to Aurelius Sisois and his fellow collectors of the crown tax […] son of Apollinarios, his mother being […], for the crown tax 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Hathyr 29, another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; […] Sabinus, brother. […] Mecheir 7, another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Phamenoth […] another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Pharmouthi 4, another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Pachon […] another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; … Pauni […] another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Epeiph 25, another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Mesore […] another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; … another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; […] another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas […]

The identification as crown tax (stephanikon, originally a 'gift' of gold crowns to the emperor) rests largely on restoration and is marked as uncertain. The regnal year names Elagabalus jointly with Severus Alexander as Caesar.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for Crown Tax (?)). 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.15.2506

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 25. Juli - 23. Aug. 222 · Karanis (?) (Arsinoites)

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