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[…]… Πε…χ ἀπαιτητὴς […]…ώρου· ἔσχον ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ […] … Καίσαρος […] … μηα…. […] Πετεχεσποχράτης
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 219327
Receipt for merismos payment TM 219327Theben (Karnak-Süd)
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A fragmentary ostracon receipt from Thebes (South Karnak) in which a tax collector acknowledges payment for a merismos, an apportioned tax. The date by a regnal year of a Caesar is lost; a man named Petechespochrates is mentioned at the end.
In English machine translation
[…] … Pe…ch, collector,
[…] …oros: I have received for the merismos
[…] … of Caesar
[…] …
[…] Petechespochrates
Merismos was a levy apportioned among taxpayers, often to cover deficits or specific expenses; the exact type here is lost. The mention of Caesar places the text in the Roman period.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tax receipt for a merismos). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.