Receipt for rent on state land paid to money-tax collectors TM 18309Ta Memnoneia (Theben)2. Sept. 145

Ostracon tax receipt from the Memnoneia (western Thebes) in which the money-tax collectors Heraklas and Harmiysis alias Krates, acting through Pesimis, acknowledge payment of rent on state land for year 8 from the heirs of Petemenophis and from Pebos, with a further small payment on behalf of absconded persons. Dated 2 September AD 145.

In English machine translation

The enoikion here is a rent payment charged on state (dioikesis) property; the extra charge for 'those who have fled' covers obligations of absconded taxpayers. The relationships in the payer names are uncertain in the abbreviated Greek.

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