One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24226
Receipt for the levy for fugitive men paid at the sacred gate of Syene TM 24226Elephantine oder SyeneDez. 168 - Aug. 169
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Ostracon receipt issued by the supervisors of the sacred gate at Syene to Pachnoubis for payments toward the levy covering the tax obligations of men who had fled. It dates to year 9, between December 168 and August 169 AD, from Elephantine or Syene.
In English machine translation
Stephanos and [Herodes, supervisors] of the sacred gate of Syene, [through Serenos, assistant. Paid by] Pachnoubis son of Pe[…] [for the levy] for men who have fled [(of the) receipt for year 6, 2 obols, and for year 7] 2 obols 2 chalkoi. Year 9, […]
The 'merismos andron anakechorekoton' was a levy spreading the unpaid taxes of absconded villagers over those who remained. Much of the text, including the second supervisor's name and the amounts for year 6, is restored from parallel receipts.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittung für μερισμὸς ἀνδρῶν ἀνακεχωρηκότων). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.joerdens.17
Στέφανος καὶ Ἡρώδης ἐπιτηρηταὶ ἱερᾶς πύλης Σοήνης διὰ Σερήνου βοηθοῦ. διέγραψεν Παχνοῦβις Πε[…] ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ ἀνδρῶν ἀνακεχωρηκότων λήμματος ϛ ἔτους διώβολον, καὶ ὑπὲρ ζ ἔτους διώβολον δίχαλκον. ἔτους θ […]