bgu.15.2553
……[…]…[…] Ψενατύμεως ἐρημοφύλακι Σοκνοπαίου Νήσου, χαίρειν. διαγέγραφε ἀφʼ ὧν ὀφείλεται φόρου ἐπὶ λόγου ἄλλας ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς διακοσίας γίνονται δραχμαὶ σ ἔτους πέμπτου [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 24900
Receipt for rent paid on account to a desert guard at Soknopaiou Nesos TM 24900Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)I - II
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Fragmentary receipt addressed to Psenatymis, a desert guard of Soknopaiou Nesos, recording a further payment of 200 silver drachmas on account toward rent owed in year five. It comes from the Fayum in the 1st or 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
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to Psenatymis, desert guard of Soknopaiou Nesos, greetings. […] has paid, from what is owed for rent, on account, another 200 silver drachmas, total 200 drachmas, of year five
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The first line, probably containing the name of the payer or issuer, is illegible. A desert guard (eremophylax) policed desert routes; here he appears as the recipient of rent payments.
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 Rent). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.