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Cumulative receipt for diploma payments to grain-tax collectors at Euhemeria TM 9781Euhemeria (Arsinoites)27. Sept. 206

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A cumulative tax receipt from Euhemeria in the Arsinoite nome recording a series of payments by a man named Marcus to the collectors of grain taxes for the 'diploma' charge over regnal years 13 to 15 of Septimius Severus and Caracalla. Several instalments were paid through intermediaries such as Nemesianus and Posidonios.

In English machine translation

Year 13 of Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius, Augusti ⟦and Publius Septimius Geta Caesar Augustus⟧, […] Marcus paid […] to […] and associates, collectors of grain taxes of Euhemeria, […] for the diploma of year 13, 4 drachmas 4 obols, total 4 drachmas 4 obols; and […] for the diploma of year 13, 12 drachmas 12 obols, total 12 drachmas 12 obols; and […] for the diploma of year 13, 8 drachmas 8 obols (?), total 8 drachmas 8 obols; and Mecheir 28 for the diploma of year 13, 8 drachmas 8 obols (?), total 8 drachmas 8 obols […] through Nemesianus also called […] […] for the diploma of year 14, 8 drachmas 8 obols, total 8 drachmas 8 obols; and Hathyr 30 through Posidonios for the diploma of year 14, 8 drachmas 8 obols (?), total 8 drachmas 8 obols; and […] 30 through Nemesianus also called […] […] for the diploma of year 14, 8 drachmas 8 obols, total 8 drachmas 8 obols; and Pharmouthi 30 for the diploma of year 14, 8 drachmas 8 obols (?), total 8 drachmas 8 obols; and Thoth 30 for the diploma of year 15, 8 drachmas 8 obols, total 8 drachmas 8 obols; and […] for the diploma of year 15, 4 drachmas 4 obols, total 4 drachmas 4 obols; […] for the tax of year 15, 4 drachmas 4 obols, total 4 drachmas 4 obols; and […] for the diploma of year 15, 8 drachmas 8 obols, total 8 drachmas 8 obols; and Choiak 10 for the diploma of year 15, 8 drachmas 8 obols (?), total 8 drachmas 8 obols […] …

The diploma was a recurring money tax, apparently connected with the grain-tax collectors; its exact nature is uncertain. Geta's name was erased after his damnatio memoriae in 212, and much of the repetitive text is editorial restoration.

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 Diploma). 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 · 27. Sept. 206 · Euhemeria (Arsinoites)

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