Getting Audited in Ptolemaic Egypt: A 2200-Year-Old Tax Tale

This is a translated and slightly modernized reading of an original papyrus from ancient Egypt written in Greek - likely related to unpaid taxes.
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Thanks to Marcus Cyron for sharing his photo of said papyrus on WikiMedia.

[@SecularFelinist]

Bureaucracy. Bureaucracy never changes.

[@TheLegendaryLore]

A sad truth.

[@hanxiangphoon6904]

I would love a series like the copper ingot guy

[@TheLegendaryLore]

The copper ingot tablet is a great idea! Thanks, brother.

[@TheLegendaryLore]

Thanks again!
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[@thewatcher819]

Translation: Ayo; run me my money play boi or holla at a legion, ya feel me?

[@TheLegendaryLore]

Something like that 😄

[@thewatcher819]

⁠@@TheLegendaryLore or more like…. translation…Ayo run me my bread; I peeped the line outside…the club was lit and my pockets are light…. make it right or get out of sight.

[@CLCasual]

This sounds EXACTLY like a normal office email. The more things change, eh?

[@TheLegendaryLore]

The translation has been modernized a bit, but it's not far off. The more classical texts I read, the more I'm convinced nothing fundamentally changes.

[@user-yg6cd6sg5r]

Keep up the good work!

[@TheLegendaryLore]

Thank you, will do :)

[@alanlopez4677]

Awesome you’re are doing shorts now 🤙
Love the videos

[@TheLegendaryLore]

Glad you like them, brother!

[@omarrihani2599]

what a snitch

[@davidhoffman6980]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@diogeneslantern18]

Spinther snitched on himself.