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Σανμοῦς πράκτωρ. διέγραψεν Ὀννῶφρις Σαραπίωνος μητρὸς Σενπαχνούβιος ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ ποταμοφυλακίδος ϛ ἔτους Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου ῥυπαρὰς δραχμὰς β ὀβολοὺς τρεῖς . Σαραπίων γραμματεὺς ἔγραψα Φαρμοῦθι δ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24272
Receipt for the river-guard levy paid by Onnophris TM 24272Elephantine30. März 122
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Tax receipt on an ostracon issued by the collector Sanmous to Onnophris son of Sarapion and Senpachnoubis, for 2 drachmas 3 obols paid toward the levy for the river guard. It was written by the secretary Sarapion on 30 March 122 at Elephantine.
In English machine translation
Sanmous, collector. Onnophris son of Sarapion, his mother being Senpachnoubis, has paid for the apportioned levy for the river guard, year 6 of Hadrian Caesar the lord, 2 dirty drachmas, three obols.
I, Sarapion, secretary, wrote this. Pharmouthi 4.
"Dirty" (rhyparai) drachmas refers to debased or billon coinage, as distinct from silver. The merismos was a levy apportioned among taxpayers, here to fund the river police (potamophylakis).
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 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.