p.brookl.42
[…]…[…]… […]π…γις Ἀμμῆτος […]ς ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ θ ἔτους δραχμὰς β ὀβολὸν α 𐅵 […] ὀβολοὶ β Θὼθ ιϛ.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 27390
Receipt for merismos tax payment TM 27390OberägyptenII
The same ancient text or artifact as recorded by 2 records across 2 independent projects, recognised as one entity by its TM-Text identifier. View on Trismegistos →
A fragmentary tax receipt recording a payment by a man whose name is partly lost, son of Ammes, for the merismos (apportioned tax) of year 9, dated Thoth 16. It comes from Upper Egypt and dates to the 2nd century AD.
In English machine translation
[…] […]
[…]…pgis (?) son of Ammes
[…] for the merismos of year 9, 2 drachmas 1 1/2 obols
[…] 2 obols. Thoth 16.
Merismos was a levy apportioned among taxpayers, often to cover shortfalls or specific charges; there is no exact English equivalent. The payer'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 Μερισμός). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.