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Σανμοῦς πράκτωρ. διέγραψεν […]ῆρις Καρούρεως μητρὸς[…]τις ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ ποταμοφυλακίδος ε ἔτους Ἁδριανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ῥυπαρὰς δραχμὰς β τετρώβολον. Σαραπίων γραμματεὺς ἔγραψα. Φαρμοῦθι β.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24229
Receipt for the river-guard levy TM 24229Elephantine28. März 121
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Tax receipt on an ostracon issued by the collector Sanmous to a man, son of Karouris, for 2 drachmas 4 obols paid toward the river-guard levy for year 5 of Hadrian. It was written by the secretary Sarapion at Elephantine in AD 121.
In English machine translation
[Sanmous], collector. Paid by
[…]eris son of Karouris,
[mother] […]tis, for the apportioned tax for the river guard, year 5 of Hadrian the
[lord], 2 drachmas 4 obols in dirty (bronze) money. I, Sarapion, secretary, wrote this.
[Pharmouth]i 2.
"Dirty" (rhypara) drachmas refers to debased or bronze coinage as opposed to silver. The collector's name and the month are restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Recu pour la contribution de la police fluviale). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.