| Title | Dioikesis tax receipt and syllogrin |
|---|---|
| Citations | |
| Inv. Id | O. MedinHabuCopt 1078 |
| Support/Dimensions | ostracon ; |
| Condition | On reddish-brown pottery with a yellow glaze |
| Lines | On recto: 13 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 293 in Stefanski's and Lichtheim's publication. Undated. Measurements not available. Tax money is designated as "arithmia" ("reckoned"), meaning currency reckoned at its theoretical value, in contrast to "echomena," which denotes the actual value of the coins. (See Bell p. 84-86 versus West and Johnson p. 120 and 128.) "Syllogrin" is perhaps derived from the Greek "syllogarion," which apparently means "supplement." "Katabole" is the term for a partial payment, as two installments were allowed on an annual tax. 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 | Ellotos, son of Makre; Isaac the headman; Mena, son of Paam; Apa Athanasius, son of Papnoute |
| License |  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
MH 1078, recto: (1) A reckoned tremis (2) has come to me (3) from you, Ellotos (4) (son of) Makre, for your dioikesis (5) and the supplements for (6) the second katabole of the fourth year, (7) total one-third solidus. Pachons 25, indiction (number lost). (8) Isaac, the headman, signs. (9) Mena (son of) Paam (10) signs. Apa (11) Athanasius (son of) Papnoute (12) signs.
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