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Receipt for dike tax paid by Stotoetis son of Satabous TM 9777Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)30. Sept. 196

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A tax receipt recording that Stotoetis son of Satabous paid 7 drachmas in dike tax for the previous (4th) regnal year to the money-tax collectors of Soknopaiou Nesos. It was issued on 30 September 196 under Septimius Severus.

In English machine translation

Year 5 of Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus, Phaophi 3. Paid through Stotoetis and associates, collectors of money taxes of the village of Soknopaiou Nesos, Stotoetis son of Satabous, grandson of Apynchis, his mother being Thaesis, for dike tax of the past year 4, seven drachmas, total 7 drachmas. [… 2 lines lost …]

The dike tax (chomatikon) funded maintenance of the irrigation embankments. The closing lines, probably with the collector's signature, are lost.

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 · 30. Sept. 196 · Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

ἔτους ε Λουκίου Σεπτιμίου Σεουήρου Περτίνακος Σεβαστοῦ, Φαῶφι γ. διέγραψε διὰ Στοτοήτιος καὶ μετόχων πρακτόρων ἀργυρικῶν κώμης Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου Στοτοῆτις Σαταβοῦτος τοῦ Ἀπύγχεως μητρὸς Θαήσεως χωματικοῦ τοῦ διεληλυθότος δ ἔτους δραχμὰς ἑπτά, γίνονται δραχμαὶ ζ [… 2 lines lost …]