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Ψανμοῦς πράκτωρ. διέγραψεν Πετορζμῆτις Παχομπατεύρεως μητρὸς Ἀρσινόης ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ διπλῶν κ ἔτους ῥυπαρὰς δραχμὰς β διώβολον χαλκοῦς 2. ἔτους κ Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Φαμενὼθ κϛ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24430
Receipt for merismos diplon paid to the collector Psanmous TM 24430Elephantine22. März 136
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Tax receipt on an ostracon issued by the collector Psanmous to Petorzmethis son of Pachompateuris and Arsinoe. It records a payment of 2 drachmas, 2 obols and 2 chalkoi for a tax called the merismos diplon for year 20 of Hadrian, at Elephantine in AD 136.
In English machine translation
Psanmous, collector. Petorzmethis son of Pachompateuris, his mother being Arsinoe, has paid for the merismos diplon (?) of year 20, 2 drachmas of dirty (rhyparai) coin, 2 obols, 2 chalkoi. Year 20 of Hadrian Caesar the lord, Phamenoth 26.
Merismos diplon is a poorly understood assessed levy; the expansion 'diplon' is uncertain. 'Dirty' (rhyparai) drachmas refers to debased or worn bronze-alloy coinage.
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.