Ostracon receipt issued by the tax collectors Tiberius Claudius Euhemeros and Marius Maximus, through their agent Alexandros, to Petorzmethis son of Pachombienchis for the land-measurement tax on palm groves of year 12 and other charges, totalling 15 drachmas 5 obols. It was written by the scribe Iamblichos in year 14 of Trajan (AD 110/111) at Elephantine.
In English machine translation
Tiberius Claudius Euhemeros and Marius Maximus, through Alexandros son of Alexandros. Paid by Petorzmethis son of Pachombienchis for the land-measurement tax on palm groves for year 12, of the remainder […] of […] also called Pour[…] […] 5 obols, and for the keletes (?) […], total 5 drachmas; total 15 drachmas 5 obols. Year 14 of Trajan the lord.
I, Iamblichos, scribe, wrote this.
The geometria was a tax assessed on the measured area of land under certain crops, here palm groves. The meaning of the item read as keletes is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçu pour la taxe sur la superficie des palmeraies et d’autres taxes). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.