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Tax receipt for merismos paid at Elephantine TM 18064Elephantine147 - 148

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Ostracon receipt issued by Germanus and Domitius Phannianus, collectors of money taxes at Elephantine, to a taxpayer whose name is partly lost, for payment of the merismos tax for year 11 of Antoninus Pius. It dates to AD 147/148.

In English machine translation

Germanus and Domitius Phannianus, collectors of money taxes of Elephantine. O[…], son of […]on, mother Thinp…[…], has paid for the merismos of year 11 of Antoninus Caesar the lord […]

The merismos was a capitation-type levy apportioned among taxpayers to cover various state charges; the amount paid is lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Μερισμός). 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 · 147 - 148 · Elephantine

Γερμανὸς καὶ Δομίτιος Φαννιανὸς πράκτορεςἀργυρικῶν Ἐλεφαντίνης. διέγραψεν Ο[…] […]ῶνος μητρὸς Θινπ…[…] ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ ια ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου[…]…ου[…]