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Σιφοῦρις Ψεμονχήους μερισμοῦ ε ἔτους Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου δραχμὰς δ. ἔτους ε Θὼθ κθ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24509
Receipt for merismos paid by Siphouris son of Psemonches TM 24509Eileithyiopolis26. Sept. 120
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An ostracon receipt recording that Siphouris son of Psemonches paid 4 drachmas toward the merismos levy for the fifth year of Hadrian. It was issued at Eileithyiopolis (Elkab) on 26 September AD 120.
In English machine translation
Siphouris son of Psemonches,
for the merismos of year 5 of Hadrian Caesar
the lord, 4 drachmas. Year 5, Thoth 29.
Merismos was a levy apportioned among taxpayers, often to cover shortfalls or specific public charges; it has no exact English equivalent.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçu de mérismos). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.