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A tax receipt issued by Ammonios and Sokrates, collectors of money taxes at Elephantine, to Menophilos the elder, son of Orbais and Tisatis. He paid small sums for the river guard, custody, the station and the praetorian boat in AD 158.
The 'merismoi' were apportioned levies; the praetorian boat charge probably supported an official vessel used by the prefect or other high officials.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἀμμώνιος καὶ Σωκράτης οἱ β πράκτορες ἀργυρικῶν Ἐλεφαντίνης. διέγραψε Μηνόφιλος μείζων Ὀρβάϊτος μητρὸς Τισᾶτις ὑπὲρ μερισμῶν ποταμοφυλακίδος κα ἔτους ὀβολοὺς δ 𐅵 χαλκοῦς 2, κοστωδίας ἡμιωβέλιον , στατίωνος ἡμιωβέλιον πλοίου πραιτωρίου ὀβολὸν. ἔτους κα Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου…
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