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Title Receipt for dyke-tax
Author unknown
Summary Receipt for the payment of Poregebthis for the dyke-money.
Citations E. Boswinkel - P.W. Pestman, Textes Grecs, Démotiques et Bilingues (P. L. Bat. 19) (Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava 19, Leiden, 1978), p. 120-122 nr. 26 [Cited as P. L. Bat. 19. 26.]
Inv. Id O. Leiden Pap. Inst. inv. 55
Support/Dimensions Ostracon, H. 8,1 x W. 9,0 x Th. 0,3-0,5 cm
Condition The text is complete, but the ink is rather faint, especially at the right-hand side.
Lines 4 lines on convex side
Recto/Verso Concave side empty
Origin Thebes
More from Thebes
Language Demotic
Date 17 December 15 CE
Note (general) Edited by: Abd el-Halim Nur el-Din
Note (general) Printed plate: P. L. Bat. 19, plate XVII
Note (local/note) Acquired in 1971 from Amsterdam antiquarian Hakkert
Subjects Dyke; Tax; Receipt; Documentary; Ostracon
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

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APIS Translation (English)

(Translation from P. L. Bat. 19) [1] What Poregebthis, son of Onnophris, has paid to the bank for the dyke-money of year 1: [2] 1 stater and (1) kite (and) 4 obols / making 1,5 kite (and) 2 obols / making 1 stater and (1) kite (and) 4 obols again, with an extra charge [3] at the rate of 2,5 obols (per stater). Written in year 2 of Tiberius (l.p.h.) Caesar (l.p.h.) [4] who is august, Choiach, the august day. Signed, Kephalos, son of Epikrates.