One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 21658

Receipt for the levy for absconded men TM 21658unbekannt23. Nov. 222

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A tax receipt recording that Aurelius Asetis and Ammonios paid 2 drachmas 4 1/2 obols toward the levy charged to cover the taxes of men who had fled their villages. It is dated 23 November 222, in the reign of Severus Alexander.

In English machine translation

Year 2 of Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Caesar the lord, Hathyr 27. Paid […] Aurelius Asetis […] and Ammonios […] for the levy for men who have fled, 2 drachmas 4 1/2 obols, total 2 drachmas 4 1/2 obols.

The merismos andron anakechorekoton was a levy apportioned among remaining residents to make up the taxes of those who had fled (anachoresis). The name of the tax and the amount in obols are partly restored.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for μερισμὸς ἀνδρῶν ἀνακεχωρηκότων). 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 · 23. Nov. 222

β ἔτους Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀλεξάνδρου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Ἁθὺρ κζ. διέγραψεν … Αὐρήλιος Ἀσῆτις Α … καὶ Ἀμμώνιος α…[…]ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ ἀνδρῶν ἀνακεχωρηκώτων δραχμὰς δύο ὀβολοὺςτέσσαρας ἡμιωβέλιον, γίνονται δραχμαὶ β ὀβολοὶ δ 𐅵.