p.mil.congr.xviii.pg54
☧ Μεχεὶρ δ ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ ϛ ἰνδικτίονος Τεβέτνυ Παύλου Μηνᾶ χρυσοῦ κεράτια ἑξηκονταπέντε ἥμισυ χρυσοῦ κεράτια ξε 𐅵 μόνα † διὰ ἐμοῦ Γεωργίου γραμματέως
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Receipt for gold paid toward the merismos at Tebetny TM 36276Arsinoites
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A tax receipt recording that Paulos son of Menas of Tebetny paid 65 1/2 carats of gold toward the merismos (an apportioned tax) of the 6th indiction. It is dated Mecheir 4 and signed by the secretary Georgios, from the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
☧ Mecheir 4, for the merismos of the 6th indiction, Tebetny.
Paulos son of Menas: of gold
sixty-five and a half carats,
(that is) gold, 65 1/2 carats only. † Through me, Georgios, secretary.
The merismos was a tax apportioned among taxpayers; payments were reckoned in carats (keratia) of a gold solidus. The reading of the village name Tebetny rests on an abbreviation.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Abgabenquittung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.