o.eleph.wagner.40
Σωτὴρ καὶ Παπρεμίθης πράκτορες ἀργυρικῶν Ἐλεφαντίνης. διέγραψεν Σαραπίων Σαραπίωνος μητρὸς Τιψανσνο͂τες μερισμοῦ ζ ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου τοῦ κυρίου δραχμὰς δ ἐπαγομένων α.
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Receipt for payment of the merismos at Elephantine TM 24220Elephantine24. Aug. 144
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Ostracon tax receipt in which the money-tax collectors Soter and Papremithes acknowledge that Sarapion son of Sarapion paid 4 drachmas toward the merismos for the 7th year of Antoninus Pius. Issued at Elephantine on 24 August 144.
In English machine translation
Soter and Papremithes, collectors of money taxes of Elephantine. Sarapion son of Sarapion, his mother being Tipsansnos, has paid for the merismos of the 7th year of Antoninus the lord 4 drachmas. Epagomenal day 1.
The merismos was a levy apportioned among taxpayers, often to cover shortfalls or specific public charges; it has no exact English equivalent.
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 une contribution). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.