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Receipts for syntaximon and other taxes paid by Pnepheros TM 9805Theadelphia (Arsinoites)25. Okt. 156

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A series of tax receipts issued to Pnepheros son of Pnepheros at Theadelphia by the collector Heron and his associates, covering instalments of the syntaximon (poll tax), the levy for the destitute and the tower-guard tax. The payments run from regnal years 17 to 20 of Antoninus Pius, ending in October 156 AD.

In English machine translation

[…] […] […] 8 silver drachmas, total 8 drachmas, […] Thoth 22, for the syntaximon of the 17th year, 4 silver drachmas, total 4 drachmas, […] … for the merismos of the destitute of the same year […] Year 18 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Tybi […]. Pnepheros son of Pnepheros, grandson of Marseis, mother […], paid to Heron and associates, collectors, for the merismos of the destitute of the 17th year, 8 silver drachmas, total 8 drachmas. 29 Year 19 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Hathyr …[…]. Pnepheros […] son of Pnepheros, grandson of Marseis, mother […], paid to Heron and associates, collectors, for the syntaximon of the same year, of Theadelphia, 4 silver drachmas 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi, total 4 drachmas 1/2 obol 2 chalkoi; for the tower guards 3 obols 2 chalkoi; […] Tybi 30, 8 silver drachmas, total 8 drachmas; Mecheir 23, 4 silver drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Phamenoth 22, 4 silver drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Pharmouthi 25, 8 silver drachmas, total 8 drachmas; Pachon 23, 4 silver drachmas, total 4 drachmas; […]… 4 silver drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Mesore 28, 4 silver drachmas, total 4 drachmas; 3rd intercalary day, 4 silver drachmas, total 4 drachmas; Year 20, Thoth 28, for the merismos of the destitute likewise, 12 silver drachmas, total 12 drachmas; Phaophi 28, for the merismos likewise, 4 silver drachmas 3 obols, total 4 drachmas 3 obols.

The merismos aporon was a levy apportioned among taxpayers to cover the tax arrears of those who could not pay. The magdolophylakes were guards of watchtowers, financed by a separate small tax.

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 · 25. Okt. 156 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

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