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Receipt for payment of the merismos by Pachnoubis TM 24432Elephantine15. Juli 145

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Ostracon tax receipt issued by Soter and Papremithes, collectors of money taxes at Elephantine, to Pachnoubis son of Petorzmethes for payment of the merismos levy of year 8 of Antoninus Pius. It is dated 15 July 145.

In English machine translation

Soter and Papremithes, collectors of money taxes of Elephantine. Pachnoubis son of Petorzmethes, his mother being Thinpachnoubis, has paid for the merismos of year 8 of Antoninus the lord 3 drachmas 2 1/2 obols. Epeiph 21.

The merismos was an apportioned levy distributed among taxpayers to cover various public charges; it has no exact English equivalent. The final fraction sign is read as a half obol.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 15. Juli 145 · Elephantine

Σωτὴρ καὶ Παπρεμίθης πράκτορες ἀργυρικῶν Ἐλεφαντίνης. διέγραψεν Παχνοῦβις Πετορζμήθου μητρὸς Θινπαχνούβιος μερισμὸν η ἔτους Ἀντωνίνου τοῦ κυρίου δραχμὰς γ ὀβολοὺς β 𐅵 Ἐπὶπ κα.