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Ψεμονχῆς Ψεμονχήους μερισμοῦ ζ ἔτους Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου δραχμὰς δ. ἔτους ζ Φαῶφι λ.
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Receipt for merismos paid by Psemonches TM 24513Eileithyiopolis27. Okt. 122
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A short tax receipt on an ostracon recording that Psemonches son of Psemonches paid 4 drachmas for the merismos (an apportioned tax) of the 7th year of Hadrian. It is dated 27 October AD 122 and comes from Eileithyiopolis (Elkab).
In English machine translation
Psemonches son of Psemonches, for the merismos of year 7 of Hadrian Caesar the lord, 4 drachmas.
Year 7, Phaophi 30.
Merismos was a tax apportioned among the inhabitants of a community to cover a shortfall or a specific charge; 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.