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Ostracon tax receipt from Elephantine in which the money-tax collectors, acting through an assistant, acknowledge payment by Pachnoubis of a general levy (merismos) for year 2 and an installment toward a levy for two statues and two busts of the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. It is dated 3 September 162.
A merismos was an apportioned levy distributed among taxpayers; here one was raised to fund imperial statues and busts. The 'year 3' refers to the joint reign of Marcus Aurelius (Antoninus) and Lucius Verus.
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 des contributions, dont celles pour deux statues et deux bustes des empereurs). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
γ Οὐαλέριος Σερῆνος καὶ Παλαχῆμις οἱ β πράκτορες ἀργυρικῶν Ἐλεφαντίνης διὰ Πετορζμήθιος βοηθοῦ. διέγραψεν Παχνοῦβις Πατρανσνούφιος μητρὸς Θινζμήτιος ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ β ἔτους δραχμὰς δ διώβολον ἡμιωβέλιον καὶ ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ ἀνδριάντων β καὶ προτομῶν β τῶν κυρίων Καισάρων ἐπὶ λόγου δρα…
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