Declaration of Persons
A report of persons, addressed to Ulpius Alexander, censitor of the Heptanomia.
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Declaration of persons by Aurelius Isidoros to the censitor of the Heptanomia TM 10410Kom Aushim (Karanis)June 14th, 309 A.D.
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A census declaration of persons made by Aurelius Isidoros of Karanis to Ulpius Alexander, the imperial census official of the Heptanomia, in June 309. He registers himself, aged 40, as liable to tax and his 3-year-old son Peeous as exempt, swearing he has concealed no one.
In English machine translation
In the consulship of our lords Valerius Licinianus Licinius Augustus and Flavius Valerius Constantinus son of the Augusti,
18th day before the Kalends of July, that is Pauni 20 […]
To Ulpius Alexander, censitor of the Heptanomia,
from Aurelius Isidoros son of Ptolemaios, his mother being Heroeis, from the village of Karanis in the 5th pagus of the Arsinoite nome.
In accordance with the divine command of our masters Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus, senior Augustus, and Galerius Valerius Maximianus and Valerius Licinianus Licinius, Augusti, and Galerius Valerius Maximinus and Flavius Valerius Constantinus, sons of the Augusti, the most illustrious Caesars, I register before you, the censitor sent down by their heavenly fortune:
liable to tax, myself, Isidoros, aged 40, forty […]
exempt, Peeous my son, aged 3, three.
I live in my own house in the same village, with no one at all living with me for a long time,
and I swear by all the gods and by the fortune and victory of our masters the invincible emperors that I have concealed no one. I, Aurelius Isidoros, have sworn by all the gods and the divine oath that I have made the declaration truthfully, and I have submitted it.
I, Aurelius Isidoros son of Heras, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters.
Total: liable to tax, 1
exempt, 1
Ulpius Alexander, censitor of the Heptanomia, signed.
The main text is in Greek; only the closing subscription of the censitor is in Latin. The censitor was a census official conducting the tetrarchic assessment of persons and land.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declaration of Persons). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
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