Declaration of death
Pantonymos, son of Aphrodisios, reports the death of his son Aphrodisios to the scribes of the metropolis.
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Notice of death of Aphrodisios submitted by his father Pantonymos TM 10857Theadelphia4 July 171 A. D.
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A death notice in which Pantonymos son of Aphrodisios, a resident of the metropolis of the Arsinoite nome, informs the city scribes Kronios alias Herakleides and Alexandros that his son Aphrodisios died in Pauni, and asks that his name be entered in the register of the dead. It is dated 4 July 171.
In English machine translation
To Kronios also called Herakleides and Alexandros, scribes of the metropolis,
from Pantonymos son of Aphrodisios, one of those from the metropolis, registered in the quarter of Lysanias' Place. My son Aphrodisios, whose mother is Sarapias, registered in the aforesaid quarter of Lysanias' Place, died in the month of Pauni of the present 11th year. Therefore I ask that his name be placed in the list of the dead.
Filed with the scribes of the metropolis concerning the death of Aphrodisios.
Year 11 of Aurelius Antoninus Caesar the lord, Epeiph 10.
Although the papyrus was found at Theadelphia, the declarant and his son were registered in a quarter (amphodon) of the metropolis, Ptolemais Euergetis. Removing the dead from the registers ended their liability for poll tax.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Notice of Death). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
c.pap.gr.2.1.53
Κρονίῳ τῷ καὶ Ἡρακλείδῃ καὶ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ γραμματεῦσι μητροπόλεως παρὰ Παντωνύμου Ἀφροδισίου τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς μητροπόλεως ἀναγραφομένου ἐπʼ ἀμφόδου Λυσανίου Τόπων. ὁ υἱός μου Ἀφροδίσιος μητρὸς Σαραπιάδος ἀναγραφόμενος ἐπὶ τοῦ προκειμένου ἀμφόδου Λυσανίου Τόπων ἐτελεύτησε τῷ Παῦνι μηνὶ τοῦ…