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Receipts of Petestheus for the merismos of Papremis and other taxes TM 15860Apollonopolites (?)30. Juni 224

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A series of tax receipts recording installment payments by Petestheus for the merismos (apportioned tax) of Papremis and other taxes in years 2 and 3 of Severus Alexander. Payments of mostly 4 or 8 drachmas are dated by month and day, ending around June 224, probably in the Apollonopolite nome.

In English machine translation

[1] Petestheus has paid, for the merismos of Papremis and other taxes, for year 2 of Severus Alexander Caesar the lord, 8 drachmas, total 8 drachmas. Year 2, Pharmouthi 28. Pauni […]1, likewise 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas. Mesore […]2, 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas. [2] Year 3, Thoth 6, likewise 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas. Phaophi 25, likewise 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas. [3] Petestheus has paid, for the merismos of Papremis for year 3 of Severus Alexander Caesar the lord, 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas. Year 3, Phaophi 7. Tybi 6, likewise for the merismos and other taxes, 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas. [4] Petestheus has paid, for the merismos of Papremis and other taxes, for year 3 of Severus Alexander Caesar the lord, 8 drachmas, total 8 drachmas. Year 3, Pharmouthi 12. Pachon 10, likewise 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas. 16, likewise 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas. Pauni 18, likewise 2 drachmas 5 obols, total 2 drachmas 5 obols. Epeiph 6, likewise 4 drachmas, total 4 drachmas. [Fr] […] […] lord […] […] […] drachmas (?) […]

Merismos was a tax apportioned among taxpayers of a district, here the Papremis quarter or district; the provenance is uncertain.

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 d’autres impôts). 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 · 30. Juni 224 · Apollonopolites (?)

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