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Receipts for syntaximon and other taxes paid by Phanomgeus TM 9804Karanis (Arsinoites)149 - 151

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Fragmentary series of tax receipts from Karanis in the reign of Antoninus Pius, issued by Chairemon and his fellow collectors of money taxes. They record payments by Phanomgeus son of Phanomgeus for the syntaximon (poll tax), the levy for the destitute, guard taxes for watchtower and prison guards, and related charges.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] [for syntax]imon of the same year, of Karanis [...] [...] eight drachmas, total 8 dr., [...] Pachon 28, through the same [...] one drachma 1 obol, total 1 dr. 1 ob.; for the magdolophylakes 4 obols 2 chalkoi, [...] for the epimerismos of the destitute (aporoi) four drachmas, total 4 dr., [...] seven drachmas, total 7 dr.; for the guard-tax of the destitute 1 obol [Year 14 of Imperator] Caesar Titus Aelius [Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius], [...] 7. Paid to Chairemon and partners, [collectors of money taxes, Phanomgeus son of Phanomgeus, grandson of] Petheus, mother Tapetheus, [for syntaximon of the same year, of Karanis] [...] 8, in dirty (bronze) drachmas eight, total 8 dr.; Hadrianos 3 [...] Tybi [...] eight drachmas, total 8 dr., [...] one drachma 2 obols 2 chalkoi; for the magdolophylakes 4 obols 2 chalkoi; for the prison guards [...] 2 chalkoi [...] [for the past] 14th year, Thoth 30, for the epimerismos of the destitute 5 drachmas 4 obols

The syntaximon was a consolidated poll tax; the epimerismos aporon was a charge spread over taxpayers to cover the tax of those unable to pay. 'Dirty' (rhyparai) drachmas refers to payment in debased or bronze coinage.

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 Syntaximon and Other Taxes). 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 · 149 - 151 · Karanis (Arsinoites)

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