| Title | Dioikesis tax receipt |
|---|---|
| Citations | |
| Inv. Id | O. MedinHabuCopt 4004 |
| Support/Dimensions | ostracon ; |
| Condition | On light brown pottery with a yellow slip |
| Lines | On recto: 9 lines in Coptic |
| Recto/Verso | Source of description: On recto: tax receipt |
| Origin | Thebes |
| Language | Coptic |
| Date | VIIth - VIIIth century A.D. |
| Note (general) | Number 240 in Stefanski's and Lichtheim's publication. Undated. Measurements not available. The Coptic word ''demosion'' in line 4 (from the Greek ''demosia'') can refer to taxes in general or to the land tax specifically. In these texts, the former meaning is indicated by a plural definite article (''ndemosion''), while in the latter case, it is indicated by the singular definite article. Additionally, when used to mean taxes in general, the word appears in the phrase ''in the demosion of indiction X,'' while when referring to the land tax, it is used in the phrase ''for your demosion in katabole X of year X.'' Lichtheim was uncertain to what the word "dioikesis" referred and whether it could denote tax in general. For a further explanation of the word this term, see R. Bagnall, Agricultural Productivity and Taxation in Later Roman Egypt, Transactions of the American Philological Association, vol. 115, 1985, p. 291 and D.W. Rathbone, Review of: Confiscated Property, Eine Steuerliste aus Pheretnuis (P. Pher.) by P.J. Sijpesteijn and K.A. Worp, The Classical Review, vol. 45, no. 1, 1995, p. 146. All ostraca in this volume were on loan from the Egyptian government and had been returned to Egypt by the time of publication. |
| Note (general) | Location: Oriental Institute |
| Note (general) | Pub. status: Published: recto |
| Subjects | Administration; Tax; Documentary; ostracon |
| Associated Names | Souai, son of Abraham; Anastasius the strategos; Andrew; Peter; Aristophanes |
| License |  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
MH 4004, recto: (1) A tremis has come to me (2) from you, Souai, (3) son of Abraham, for your dioikesis (4) in the demosion of indiction 10, total one-third solidus. (5) (Month date lost), indiction 11. Anastasius, the strategos, signs. (6) Andrew signs. (7) Peter signs. (8) Aristophanes (9) wrote.
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