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Receipt for the Syenite collection (logeia) paid by Patis TM 219300Elephantine15. Apr. - 14. Mai 219 v.Chr.

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A short receipt, probably on an ostracon, recording that Patis son of Imouthes paid 2 drachmas toward the collection (logeia) of the people of Syene, through an agent named Doros. It dates to year 4, Phamenoth, corresponding to April-May 219 BC, from Elephantine.

In English machine translation

Year 4, Phamenoth […]. Patis son of Imouthes has paid for the collection (logeia) of the Syenites, through Doros, 2 drachmas. [… 2 lines lost …]

A logeia was a collection or levy, often for a temple or a specific purpose; here it is linked to the Syenites. The name Doros is largely restored.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittung für Syeniton logeia). 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 · 15. Apr. - 14. Mai 219 v.Chr. · Elephantine

ἔτους δ Φαμενὼθ … τέτακται Πᾶτις Ἰμούθου Συηνιτῶν λογείαν διὰ Δώρου δραχμὰς β. [… 2 lines lost …]