A notice of death submitted by a resident of Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome reporting that his brother, who was registered for the poll tax, died on Choiak 4 of Claudius' 11th year. He asks that his brother's name be struck from the tax roll and entered among the deceased so that he himself is not held liable.
In English machine translation
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From […] of those from Philadelphia.
My brother […], registered for poll tax in the village, died on the 4th of Choiak of the present 11th year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator. Therefore I ask, if it seems good, that you order his name to be removed and entered in the list of the deceased, so that I may be free of blame, as indeed I am.
Farewell.
Year 11 of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, Choiak 12.
The addressee and the names of the declarant and his brother are lost. The term translated 'registered for poll tax' (laographoumenos) refers to enrolment in the laographia, the poll-tax register.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Déclaration de décès). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.