Proceedings of a trial
APIS
berkeley.apis.292
(CU)292
p.tebt.2.287
0206;2;287
p.tebt;2;287
13450
13450
P.Tebt.0287
Proceedings before Severianus, possibly the prefect, regarding an appeal made by the fullers and dyers of the Fayyum against an official who allegedly exacted an undue amount for the tax upon their respective trades.
Margins: top, 2 cm.; bottom, 6.5 cm.; on verso, in black ink: T 276 (twice).
A similar case is reflected in P.Tebt.286
1412
Bancroft Library, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley
Greek
1 papyrus ; 20.8 x 25.2 cm.
22 lines, on recto along the fibers.
Verso empty
Regular cursive
Between 157 and 159 A.D.
Severianus
House at Tebtunis T276
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English
Greek
Textile industry taxation
Dye industry taxation
Arsinoites nomos
Official legal documents, Roman Period
UC 1412 Recto.
UC 1412 Verso.
(�) in the � year of Antoninus and Verus the Lords Augusti, the fullers ad dyers from the Arsinoite nome having been summoned and having appeared, Longinus, advocate, said: "Of these men some are fullers and other dyers by trade, and for the tax on trades 1092 drachmas yearly are paid by the fullers and 1088 by the dyers according to tariff and custom. A certain Maximus who was appointed inspector having wrongly entered a larger sum against them than was due they appealed to the prefect, who referred them to his highness the epistrategos Crassus. The latter summoned the eklogistes of the nome and ordered him to verify the accounts of the last twenty years, and, when he reported that no more had been paid than was sanctioned by the tariff, decided that they should pay on this scale, and they have done so up to the present time. A superintendent of the tax upon trades has now been appointed who wishes to demand from them a larger amount than that of the tariff, and they therefore petitioned the strategos, adding a statement �, but as nothing was done by the strategos they were obliged to appeal to you." Protarchos, advocate, said: "� in accordance with the decision � a report on the subject was laid before his highness Liberalis, who made an endorsement that they should not be required to pay." Severianus said: "When the Eklogistes is present �" (Here the papyrus breaks off)
P.Tebt., II.287; Chrest. Wilck., no. 251 On date see BL v. 7, p. 270; on line 7 see BL v. 7, p. 270; on line 10 see BL v. 6, p. 198
P.Tebt.:2:287
[Original record](http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/apisdb/record/292).