A series of tax receipts issued by Horion and his fellow collectors of money taxes to Marcus Julius Alexander, who paid through Sabinus. Several instalments, mostly credited to the eighth year of Septimius Severus, are recorded between Mesore and Pharmouthi, ending in AD 202 at Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
Year 9 of Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Augusti, and Publius Septimius Geta Caesar. Horion and associates, collectors of money taxes in the allotment (?), through Sis..., wall-builder (?), Mesore 30: paid by Marcus Julius Alexander, through Sabinus, for the eighth year, 12 drachmas, total 12 dr.
Thoth 29, another 12 drachmas, total 12 dr.
Hadrianos 4, likewise for the eighth year, 8 drachmas, total 8 dr.
Phamenoth 1, likewise for the 8th year, 12 drachmas, total 12 dr.
Pharmouthi 21, likewise another 16 drachmas, total 16 dr.
The phrase rendered 'in the allotment' (en klero) and the abbreviated name with 'wall-builder' (teichistes) are uncertain readings. Hadrianos is a month named in honour of the emperor Hadrian, equivalent to Choiak.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Quittungen von Geldsteuererhebern). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.