An interim receipt issued by the collectors of money taxes of the village of Psenyris, through their clerk Herakleides, to the former decurion Julius Serenus for 12 drachmas paid toward the tax on goods for year 23. The collectors promise to deposit the money at the public bank and deliver the official bank receipt. Written in the Arsinoite nome on 18 December 215, under Caracalla.
In English machine translation
Herakleidion also called Deios and associates, collectors of money taxes of the village of Psenyris, through Herakleides, the clerk, to Julius Serenus, former decurion, greetings. I have received from you for the tax on goods (?) of year 23, 12 drachmas of silver, total 12 drachmas, which I will also pay into the public bank and bring you the official receipt.
Year 24 of Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Parthicus Maximus Britannicus Maximus Germanicus Maximus Pius Augustus, Choiak 21.
The 'telos eidon' was a tax on goods or wares whose exact scope is debated. This is a provisional receipt; the formal one was to come from the public bank.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Zwischenquittung über das τέλος εἰδῶν im Hebebezirk Psenyris). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.