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Tax receipt issued by the collectors of money taxes at Syene to a taxpayer whose mother was Senpaeris, for 6 drachmas 5 obols paid for the river-police wheat levy and the river guards' wage. It is dated 19 August AD 114, under Trajan.
Much of the text is restored from parallel receipts of the same collectors, including the names, the amount and the date's year. The 'Dacian' river tax (potamos Dakikos) appears to be a levy connected to Trajan's Dacian wars, combined here with the wage for the river guard (potamophylakis).
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 du blé de la police fluviale et de sa solde). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἀμμώνιος καὶ Διονύσιος πράκτορεςἀργυρικῶν Σοήνης. διέγραψεν[…]μητρὸς Σενπαήριος […] Δακικοῦ ποταμοῦ καὶ μισθοῦ ποταμοφυλακίδος τοῦ ιζ ἔτους Τραιανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ἓξ ὀβολοὺς πέντε γίνονται δραχμαὶ ϛ πεντώβολον ἔτους ιζ Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Μεσορὴ κϛ
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