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Receipts for merismos and poll tax payments by two taxpayers TM 15857Apollonopolites (?)27. Nov. - 26. Dez. 208

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Two series of tax receipts recording instalment payments by Petestheus and Pacho[…] of Pepremis/Papremis for the merismos (a levied apportioned tax), the aphesiophylakia levy and the laographia (poll tax) under Septimius Severus and Caracalla. The payments run through years 16 and 17 of the reign, ending in late 208, probably in the Apollonopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[1] Petestheus has paid, for the merismos of Pepremitis, of year 16 of Severus and Antoninus the lords, Pii Augusti, 8 drachmas; for laographia 4 drachmas, total 12 drachmas. Year 16, Phamenoth. Pachon, likewise, for the merismos of aphesiophylakia of year 15, 8 drachmas, total 8 drachmas. Pauni, for the merismos of aphesiophylakia 4 drachmas, for laographia 8 drachmas, total 12 drachmas. Mesore, likewise, 8 drachmas, total 8 drachmas. Year 17, Phaophi, for the merismos of year 16 and laographia of year 15, 16 drachmas, total 16 drachmas. [2] Pacho[…] of Papremis has paid, for the merismos of year 16 of Severus and [Antoninus] the lords, Pii Augusti, 8 drachmas, total 8 drachmas. Year 16, [Phamen]oth. Pachon, likewise, [8] drachmas, total 8 drachmas. Pauni […] 8 drachmas, total 8 drachmas. Mesore, likewise, [14] drachmas, total fourteen drachmas. Year 17, Hadrianos, for laographia [8] drachmas, total 8 drachmas.

Merismos is an apportioned levy and aphesiophylakia probably a charge for guarding sluices; laographia is the poll tax. Hadrianos is the Egyptian month corresponding to Choiak, which fixes the date of the last entry.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçus du mérismos et de la laographia). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 27. Nov. - 26. Dez. 208 · Apollonopolites (?)

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