. Light from the ancient East; the New Testament illustrated by recently discovered texts of the Graeco-Roman world. \M ?iJ. \. Fig. 11.—OstracoD, Thebes, 32-33 Receipt for Alien Tax. Now in the Authors colleol ILLUSTRATED FROM THE NEW TEXTS 111 technical expression regularly employed in drawingup a receipt. Compare, for instance, two ostracafrom Thebes figured in this book, one (p. 152 below)a receipt for rent in the Ptolemaic period, the other(p. 105 above) a receipt for the Isis collection, 4August, 63 Still nearer in date to the gospelpassage is an ostracon of very vulgar type in

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. Light from the ancient East; the New Testament illustrated by recently discovered texts of the Graeco-Roman world. \M ?iJ. \. Fig. 11.—OstracoD, Thebes, 32-33 Receipt for Alien Tax. Now in the Authors colleol ILLUSTRATED FROM THE NEW TEXTS 111 technical expression regularly employed in drawingup a receipt. Compare, for instance, two ostracafrom Thebes figured in this book, one (p. 152 below)a receipt for rent in the Ptolemaic period, the other(p. 105 above) a receipt for the Isis collection, 4August, 63 Still nearer in date to the gospelpassage is an ostracon of very vulgar type in mycollection, a receipt for alien tax paid at Thebes,32-33 , of which I here give a full-sized repro-duction (Figure 11). With the help of Ulrich Wilcken the ostracon wasthus deciphered:— Ila/jLapK EpfjboSmpevA^&<!. Airexo)v° irapa aovT6Xe9°=i iiri^evov SSyvdKal ^aS)ij)i S ^ y8. L^ tOTi^epiov KaiaapoiSejSaoTov. Pamaris the son of Hermodorusto Abos. I have receiving (sic)from thee alien tax* (for themonths) Thoyth and Phaophi2 drachmae. In the year 19 ofTiberius Caesar Augustus. This technical airexoi, ho

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