| Title | Receipt for salt and income of a server taxes |
|---|---|
| Citations | |
| Inv. Id | O. OIM 19345 |
| Support/Dimensions | Ostracon ; 6.9 x 6.0 cm |
| Lines | On recto: 3 lines in Demotic |
| Recto/Verso | Source of description: On recto: receipt |
| Hands | The year may well be 13 rather than 14 since the date is well into the year. The season could be peret as well as shemw, and the day number could be 14 as well as 13. |
| Origin | Thebes (?) |
| Language | Demotic |
| Date | August 28, 233 B.C. |
| Note (general) | Catalogue no. 52; Nelson collection no. N312. Pales, son of Psenminis is Muhs' Taxpayer 35. The amount paid is difficult to read, but it is written in the same manner as the amounts in OIM 19328, 19340, and O. TT 373 doc. 2368 (Vleeming 1994). In theory it should be the same as the Greek amount in OIM 19328, 1 drachma 5 3/4 obols, but it actually appears to be 1 drachma 5 11/24 obols. The amount appears to be the sum of the salt tax and the income of a server tax, but compare OIM 19340 where there may be a third tax. The normal male B rate (after year 32 of Ptolemy II) for the salt tax was 1/2 silver kite (1 dr.) and the normal male C rate (after year 3 of Ptolemy III) was 1/3 silver kite (4 ob.). Thus the income of a server tax must be 5 3/4 obols or 1 drachma 1 3/4 obols. |
| Note (general) | Location: Oriental Institute |
| Note (general) | Pub. status: Published: recto |
| Subjects | Receipts; Tax; Salt; Income; Documentary; Ostracon |
| Associated Names | Pales, son of Psenminis; Amenothes, son of Phibis |
| License |  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
OIM 19345, recto: (1) Pales son of Psenminis, 5/6 silver (kite) 1 11/24(?) (ob.) for the salt tax (2) and the income of a server tax of Egyptian year 13, has written Amenothes(?) (3) son of Phibis on Egyptian year 14(?), Epeiph(?) 13(?)
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