o.eleph.wagner.291
Ζήνων μισθωτὴςἱερᾶς πύλης Σοήνης διὰ[…] βοηθοῦ. διέγραψεν […] Πετορζμήθιος μητρὸς[…] … ἔτους δραχμὰς δεκαεπτά ὀβολόν, γίνονται δραχμαὶ ιζ ὀβολός. ἔτους […] Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου, […].
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24268
Receipt from Zenon, lessee of the sacred gate of Syene TM 24268Elephantine oder Syene
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A tax receipt issued by Zenon, lessee of the toll at the sacred gate of Syene, acknowledging payment of 17 drachmas 1 obol by a son of Petorzmethis. It dates to the reign of Antoninus Pius and comes from Elephantine or Syene.
In English machine translation
Zenon, lessee of the sacred gate of Syene, through […], assistant.
[…], son of Petorzmethis, his mother being […], has paid for the […] year 17 drachmas 1 obol, total 17 drachmas 1 obol.
Year […] of Antoninus Caesar the lord, […].
The catalogue describes it as a poll-tax receipt, though the tax name is lost; the 'sacred gate' of Syene was a customs or toll station farmed out to a lessee.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçu de capitation). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.