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A fragment of a tax list from Oxyrhynchus recording payments by residents grouped by the subdivisions of their city quarters, probably for poll-tax and pig-tax. It dates to the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD.
A merismos was an administrative subdivision of a city quarter (amphodon), such as the Gymnasium Street or Thoeris Street quarters. Marginal crosses beside the entries indicate that payment had been made.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Account of Poll - tax and Pig - tax). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Fragment from the middle of a column of a taxing-list, recording payments by inhabitants of Oxyrhynchus, who are classified according to merismoi of their amphoda, for, probably, poll-tax and pig-tax. The entries, besides being divided by paragraphi, have a marginal cross against…
μερισμοῦ Δρόμου Γυμνασίου […] ὑικῆς ὁ αὐτὸς καὶ Ἑρμο[…] μερισμοῦ Ποιμενικῆς Ἡρακλ[…] ὁ αὐτὸς καὶ Ἔρως ὑικῆς[…] ὑικῆς ὁ αὐτὸς […] μερισμοῦ Δρόμου Θοήριδος Διογᾶς […] [… 1 line lost …]
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