APIS Translation (English)
Taxpayer: Stephen, son of Mena. Sum: 2 tremisses. Pay period: Katabole 2, year 4. Date: Pachons 16, indiction (lost). Signature: Headman David, Mena, son of Paam, Athanasius, son of Papnoute
Catalog Record: chicago.apis.8078 [xml]
| Title | Dioikesis tax receipt and syllogrin |
|---|---|
| Citations | |
| Inv. Id | O. MedinHabuCopt 3330 |
| Support/Dimensions | ostraca ; |
| Condition | On red pottery with reddish slip |
| Lines | On recto: 12 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 302 in Stefanski's and Lichtheim's publication. Undated. Measurements not available. "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; ostraca |
| Associated Names | Stephen, son of Mena; David the headman; Mena, son of Paam; Athanasius, son of Papnoute |
| License |  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
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