Photographic Archive of Papyri in the Cairo Museum


P.Fay. 49

10.2 x 8.7

CG10775

Receipt for Poll-Tax

(A.D. 138)

This and the three following papyri are receipts for payments of poll-tax. The amount of this tax varied considerably at different districts and at different periods; and there were also distinct rates corresponding to distinctions of status.

 

 

 

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