p.mert.2.99v
† Ἐπεὶφ λ καὶ Μεσορὴ α μερισμοῦ τετάρτης ἰνδικτίονος Κερκεσούχων Ὄρους Γεώργιος[…]ις κεράτια ὄβρυζα τέσσαρα, γίνεται κεράτια δ μόνα, προσάπαξ † διʼ ἐμοῦ Γεωργίου σὺν Θεῷ γραμματέως.
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 39288
Receipt for gold carats paid toward the tax assessment at Kerkesoucha Orous TM 39288Kerkesucha Orus (Arsinoites)VII
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A tax receipt from the village of Kerkesoucha Orous in the Arsinoite nome, recording that a man named Georgios paid 4 carats of refined gold toward the tax assessment of the fourth indiction. It was issued on Epeiph 30 and Mesore 1 by the secretary Georgios in the 7th century AD.
In English machine translation
† Epeiph 30 and Mesore 1, of the tax assessment (merismos) of the fourth indiction, Kerkesoucha Orous.
Georgios […]is: 4 carats of refined gold, total 4 carats only, once and for all. † Through me, Georgios, with God, secretary.
A merismos was a tax assessment apportioned among taxpayers. Obryza means gold of certified purity; the carat (keration) was a fraction of the gold solidus.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Tax Receipt). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.