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Cumulative receipts for crown tax paid by Horion at Karanis TM 9769Karanis (Arsinoites)222

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A sheet of cumulative receipts recording instalments of the crown tax (stephanikon), mostly 4 drachmas each, paid by Aurelius Horion to the tax collectors Aurelius Komon son of Hermias and Sisois at Karanis in the Arsinoite nome. The first series dates to year 4 of Elagabalus (AD 220/221) and the second to years 1 and 2 of Severus Alexander (AD 222/223).

In English machine translation

[1] [Year] 4 of Imperator Caesar [Marcus] Aurelius Antoninus [Pius] Felix Augustus, Phamenoth 1. [Paid] to Aurelius Komon son of Hermias and Sisois […] collectors of crown taxes of the village of Karanis, by Horion, [for] crown tax 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Pharmouthi 1, [another] 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Pachon 2, another [4 drachmas], total 4 drachmas; Pauni 1, another 4 drachmas, [total 4 drachmas; Epeiph] 1, another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Mesore 1, [for the payment] of Epeiph, another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; […] for the payment of Mesore, another 4 drachmas, [total 4 drachmas;] […] another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Choiak […] [another 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas;] […] another 4 drachmas, […] […] [… lines lost …] [2] Year 1 of Imperator Caesar [Marcus Aurelius] Severus Alexander [Pius Felix Augustus]. Aurelius Horion paid to Aurelius Komon [son of Hermias and Sisois] […] [collectors of crown taxes of the village of] Karanis [for crown tax …] drachmas, [total …] drachmas; likewise another 4 drachmas, [total 4 drachmas;] […] [likewise another] 8 drachmas, total 8 drachmas; […] [likewise another 4 drachmas], total 4 drachmas; likewise […] another […] drachmas, [total …] drachmas; […] [likewise another] 8 drachmas, total 8 drachmas; […] [likewise another] 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas, […] Year 2 […] Likewise […] Pauni 4 […]

The 'Marcus Aurelius Antoninus' of the first section is Elagabalus, so that series runs from AD 221; the recorded date of 222 fits the second section. The crown tax (stephanikon) was originally a levy for golden crowns presented to the emperor and became a regular tax.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipts 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 222 · Karanis (Arsinoites)

[1] ἔτους δ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνείνου Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ, Φαμενὼθ α. διέγραψενΑὐρήλιοις Κόμωνι Ἑρμίου καὶ Σισόιτι […] πράκτορσιν στεφανικῶν κώμης Καρανίδος Ὡρίων ὑπὲρστεφανικοῦ δραχμὰς τέσσαρας, γίνονται δραχμαὶ δ Φαρμοῦθι α ἄλλας δραχμὰςτέσσαρας, γ…