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Ostracon tax receipt from Elephantine issued by the money-tax collector Marcus Annius Nemonianus and his associate Aion to Zmentpos son of Chemis. It records small payments for several apportioned levies, including a calf, local posts, transport wagons and the inspection of garrisons and watch-posts, dated 5 August 191.
A merismos was a levy apportioned among taxpayers to cover a communal cost; the meaning of 'ames' (calf) and topostationes (local stations) is uncertain.
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 diverses). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Μᾶρκος Ἄννιος Νεμωνιανὸς πράκτωρ ἀργυρικῶν Ἐλεφαντίνης καὶ Ἀϊῶν Κατ μέτοχος. διέγραψεν Ζμεντπῶς Χήμιος Πετορζμήθιος μητρὸς Θινζμεντπῶτος ὑπὲρ μερισμῶν λα ἔτους τιμῆς ἀμες μόσχου σὺν ἐπιμερισθέντι τοποστατίωνος κεφαλαίῳ τριώβολον ἡμιωβέλιον χαλκοῦς 2 μερισμοῦ κεφαλαίου ὑπὲρ ὀχημάτ…
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