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Receipts for naubion and arithmetikon of katoikoi paid at Herakleia TM 9788Herakleia (Arsinoites)21. Apr. 84

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A set of four tax receipts from Herakleia in the Arsinoite nome recording payments by Apynchis son of Tesenouphis and Tabous daughter of Tesieus. They paid the naubion (a dike and canal tax) and the arithmetikon levied on katoikic land for the 3rd and 4th years of Domitian, with the usual surcharges.

In English machine translation

[1] Year 3 of Imperator Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, Pharmouthi 26, day 8 (?). Apynchis son of Tesenouphis, for the naubion of katoikoi for year 3, Herakleia in the Themistos division, 1,075 bronze drachmas, extra charges 110 bronze, exchange fee 20 bronze. Tabous daughter of Tesieus, for the naubion of katoikoi for year 3, Herakleia in the Themistos division, 400 bronze, extra charges 40 bronze, [exchange fee] 10 bronze. [2] Year 3 of Imperator Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, Pharmouthi 26, day 8 (?). Apynchis son of Tesenouphis, for the arithmetikon of katoikoi, Herakleia in the Themistos division, for year 3, twenty-eight drachmas 3 obols, total 28 drachmas 3 obols, extra charges 1 drachma 5 obols, receipt fee 3 obols; and Tabous daughter of Tesieus, for the arithmetikon of katoikoi, Herakleia in the Themistos division, for year 3, sixteen drachmas, total 16 drachmas …, extra charges 1 drachma, receipt fee 3 obols. [3] Year 4 of Imperator Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, Germanikeios 15, day 9 (?). Apynchis son of Tesenouphis, for the naubion of katoikoi for year 4, Herakleia in the Themistos division, 1,075 bronze drachmas, extra charges 110 bronze, exchange fee 20 bronze. [4] Year 4 of Imperator Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, Germanikeios 15, day 9 (?). Tabous daughter of Tesieus, for the naubion of katoikoi for year 4, Herakleia in the Themistos division, 400 bronze, extra charges 40 bronze, [exchange fee] 10 bronze.

Naubion was a tax for dike and canal work and arithmetikon a levy on katoikic (settler) land; neither has an exact English equivalent. Germanikeios was Domitian's honorific name for the month Pachon, and the final numeral after each date (8, 9) is uncertain in meaning.

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 Naubion Katoikon and Arithmetikon Katoikon). 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 · 21. Apr. 84 · Herakleia (Arsinoites)

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