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Receipt for merismoi paid by Petechon through his daughter TM 24700Theben24. Juni 149

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Ostracon receipt from Thebes in which Agathos Daimon and his fellow collectors acknowledge payment of 2 drachmas for the merismoi (apportioned taxes) of year 11 from Petechon son of Mesoueris, paid through his daughter. It is dated 24 June 149 AD, under Antoninus Pius.

In English machine translation

Agathos Daimon and partners, collectors of merismoi, to Petechon son of Mesoueris, through Sen[…]nis his daughter: we have received for the merismoi of year 11 two drachmas, total 2 drachmas. Year 12 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Pauni 30.

Merismoi were taxes apportioned among the inhabitants of a district; there is no exact English equivalent. The daughter's name is only partly preserved.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Receipt for μερισμοί). 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 · 24. Juni 149 · Theben

Ἀγαθὸς Δαίμων καὶ μέτοχοι ἀπαιτηταὶ μερισμῶν Πετεχῶντι Μεσουήριος διὰ Σεν[…]νιος θυγατρὸς ἔσχομεν ὑπὲρ μερισμῶν ια ἔτους δραχμὰς δύο, γίνονται δραχμαὶ β. ἔτους ιβ Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Παῦνι λ.