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Title Receipt for the weavers' tax
Citations
Inv. Id O.Medin.HabuDem 56
Support/Dimensions ostracon ;
Lines On recto: 9 lines in Demotic
Recto/Verso Source of description: On recto: tax receipt
Origin Thebes
More from Thebes
Language Demotic
Date 14-37 A.D.
More from the period between 14 CE and 37 CE
Note (general) Number 56 in Lichtheim's publication. Measurements not available.
Note (general) Location: Oriental Institute
Note (general) Pub. status: Published: recto
Subjects Jeme; Documentary; ostracon
Associated Names Gy son of Gy; Tiberius
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

APIS Translation (English)

MH 1573, recto: (1) [Gy] son of [Gy], son of -----, has paid to the bank of (2) [the] northern houses for [the] ----- of weavers (3) [in Jeme], 1 1/2 kite, 4 1/2 obols / 1/2 kite, 5 1/4 obols / 1 1/2 kite, 4 1/2 obols again. (4) [Written in year ... of Tiber]ius, Payni 18. Likewise, on the 23d, (5) [1 1/2 kite, 4 1/2 obols / 1/2 kite] 5 1/4 obols / 1 1/2 kite, 4 1/2 obols again. Likewise, on Mesore (6) ..., [1 1/2 kite,] 4 1/2 obols / 1/2 kite, 5 1/4 obols / 1 1/2 kite, 4 1/2 obols again. (7) [Likewise, on] ..., 1 1/2 kite, 4 1/2 obols / 1/2 kite, 5 1/4 obols / (8) [1 1/2 kite, 4 1/2 obols again. Likewise, on] the 29th, 1 1/2 kite, 4 1/2 obols / 1/2 kite, 5 1/4 obols / 1 1/2 kite, (9) [4 1/2 obols again.] ....