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Receipt for dike tax paid at Soknopaiou Nesos TM 9775Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)6. Juni 184

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A tax receipt recording payments of the dike tax (chomatikon) for the previous year, made to Satabous and his fellow money-tax collectors of Soknopaiou Nesos by the brothers Tesenouphis and Herieus, and a further payment for Pakysis son of Tesenouphis. It dates to 6 June 184 in the reign of Commodus.

In English machine translation

Year 24 of Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus, Pauni 12. Paid through Satabous and partners, collectors of money taxes of the village of Soknopaiou Nesos, by Tesenouphis son of Tesenouphis, his mother being Tanephreus, and Herieus his brother of the same mother, for the dike tax of the past 23rd year, fifteen drachmas 2 1/2 obols in dirty (copper) money, total 15 drachmas 2 1/2 obols. […] for Pakysis son of Tesenouphis, his mother being Tesenouphis (?), for the dike tax of the past 23rd year, seven drachmas 4 obols 2 chalkoi in dirty money, total 7 drachmas 4 obols 2 chalkoi.

"Dirty" (rhyparai) drachmas refers to debased bronze or copper coinage in which some taxes were reckoned. The chomatikon was a tax for the upkeep of dikes and embankments.

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 Dike 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 · 6. Juni 184 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

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