o.eleph.wagner.52
Τριάδελφος πράκτωρ Ἐλεφαντίνης. διέγραψεν Ψενπρῆτις Σαραπίωνος ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ ποταμοφυλακίδος […]ἔτους Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου[…]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24232
Receipt for the river-guard assessment TM 24232Elephantine
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A tax receipt on an ostracon from Elephantine, issued by the collector Triadelphos, recording that Psenpretis son of Sarapion paid his share of the assessment for the river guard. It dates to the reign of Hadrian.
In English machine translation
Triadelphos, collector of
Elephantine. Psenpretis son of Sarapion has paid for the assessment
for the river guard
[…] (year) of Hadrian Caesar
the lord […]
The potamophylakis was a levy apportioned among taxpayers to pay for the river police who patrolled the Nile. The year number and the amount paid are lost.
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 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.