o.elkab.171
Πεκῦσις Ψεμονχήους μερισμοῦ κ ἔτους Τραιανοῦ Ἀρίστου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου δραχμὰς δ. ἔτους κ Ἁθὺρ λ.
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Receipt for payment of merismos by Pekysis son of Psemonches TM 24585Eileithyiopolis26. Nov. 116
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An ostracon receipt recording that Pekysis son of Psemonches paid 4 drachmas toward the merismos tax for Year 20 of the emperor Trajan. It is dated Hathyr 30 of that year (26 November AD 116) and comes from Eileithyiopolis (Elkab).
In English machine translation
Pekysis son of Psemonches, for the merismos of Year 20 of Trajan Optimus Caesar the lord, 4 drachmas. Year 20, Hathyr 30.
Merismos was a tax assessed by apportionment among taxpayers; the exact levy meant here is not specified.
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.