A census return in which Saras son of Heras, originally from the village of Theoxenis, registers himself as living in his own house at Apias in the Arsinoite nome for the census of Hadrian's year 16. It is addressed to the strategos, royal scribe, village scribe and census officials, and was submitted in year 17 (AD 132/133) with subscriptions of the laographoi.
In English machine translation
To Dionysios, strategos, and Archibios, royal scribe of the Arsinoite nome, division of Themistos, and to Neilos, village scribe of Apias, and to Souchatpnoutis and Triadelphos, laographoi of the same,
from Saras son of Heras son of Saras, his mother being Tasês daughter of Peteusorapis, from the village of Theoxenis. I register myself for the house-by-house census of the past year 16 of Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, in which I live, in my own house, lawfully, in the village of Apias. I am the aforesaid Saras, aged […], with a scar on the left eyebrow. Therefore I submit the return. Written by Eirenaios, nomographos of Apias.
Year 17 of Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus.
[…] Souchatpnou[tis …]
[…] Triadelphos […] I have signed.
Year 17 of Hadrian Caesar the lord […]
[…]
The laographoi were local officials responsible for the census and poll-tax registers. Saras's age is lost in the break.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Subjektsdeklaration). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.