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Ostracon receipt issued by Julius Sabinus and his fellow overseers of the sacred gate of Syene, through their assistant Pachompsachis, to Harpaesis son of Phanophis for an instalment of 8 drachmas on the trade tax of Hadrian's 19th year. It was written on 28 April 138 at Elephantine or Syene.
The cheironaxion was a tax on craftsmen and traders; 'dirty' drachmas (rhyparai) denote debased or bronze coinage. The payment, made in year 22, is for arrears of year 19.
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.
Ἰούλιος Σαβῖνος καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ἐπιτηρηταὶ ἱερᾶς πύλης Σοήνης διὰ Παχομψάχιος βοηθοῦ. διέγραψεν Ἁρπαῆσις Φανῶφιος μητρὸς Ταχομτβῆκιος ὑπὲρ χειροναξίου ιθ ἔτους Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου ἐπὶ λόγου ῥυπαρὰς δραχμὰς ὀκτώ, γίνονται δραχμαὶ η. ἔτους κβ Ἁδριανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου Παχὼν γ.
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