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μισθωτὴς πύλης ἱερᾶς Σοήνης Διόσκορος μερισμός Ψενπόστουμος Σενπατκναῦτις
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 29863
Receipt for merismos from the lessee of the sacred gate of Syene TM 29863Elephantine oder SyeneII
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A short ostracon receipt or tax note issued by Dioskoros, the farmer (lessee) of the customs dues at the sacred gate of Syene, for a levy called merismos. Two names, Psenpostoumos and Senpatknautis, follow, probably the payer and a related person. It dates to the 2nd century AD and comes from Elephantine or Syene.
In English machine translation
Lessee of the sacred gate of [Syene]: Dioskoros
Merismos (levy)
Psenpostoumos
[Senp]atknautis
The merismos was an apportioned levy with no exact English equivalent. The 'sacred gate' was a toll station whose dues were farmed out to a lessee.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Reçu pour une contribution). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.