p.louvre.1.37
[1] Ἡρακλείδης βοηθὸς Ἀπίωνος νομάρχου Ὡρίωνι ἁλιεῖ χαίρειν. ἔχω παρὰ σοῦ εἰς διαγραφὴν δραχμὰς ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἐπενεγκῶ σοι σύμβολον τῆς τραπέζης. ἔτους ια, Μεχεὶρ λ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 11850
Provisional receipt for 60 drachmas paid by a fisherman TM 11850Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)24. Febr. 203
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A provisional receipt issued by Herakleides, assistant to the nomarch Apion, to the fisherman Horion for 60 drachmas, promising to deliver the official bank receipt later. It was written at Soknopaiou Nesos in the Arsinoite nome in AD 203.
In English machine translation
Herakleides, assistant of Apion the nomarch, to Horion, fisherman, greetings.
I have received from you, for payment through the bank, sixty drachmas, and I will bring you the bank's receipt.
Year 11, Mecheir 30.
The payment is probably a trade tax on fishermen. This is an interim receipt pending the formal bank receipt (symbolon).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Zwischenquittung (ἀντισύμβολον) für Gewerbesteuer (?)). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.