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Σιφοῦρις Ψεμονχήους μερισμοῦ ϛ ἔτους Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου δραχμὰς δ. ἔτους ϛ Θὼθ κδ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24512
Receipt for merismos paid by Siphouris son of Psemonches TM 24512Eileithyiopolis21. Sept. 121
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A tax receipt on an ostracon recording that Siphouris son of Psemonches paid 4 drachmas for the merismos (an apportioned tax) of year 6 of Hadrian. It is dated Thoth 24 of year 6, 21 September AD 121, at Eileithyiopolis (Elkab).
In English machine translation
Siphouris son of Psemonches,
for the merismos of year 6 of Hadrian Caesar
the lord, 4 drachmas. Year 6, Thoth 24.
Merismos was a tax apportioned among the inhabitants of a community; there is 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.