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A death notification addressed to Sarapion, village scribe of Theadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, by Mareus, reporting that his son Onnophris, who was registered for poll tax in the village, died in the month Sebastos. It dates from the reign of Trajan (AD 96-117).
Sebastos is an honorific Roman-period name for the Egyptian month Thoth. Such notices were filed so the deceased could be removed from the poll-tax rolls.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as De morte filii relatio). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Σαραπίωνι κωμογραμματεῖ Θεαδελφείας παρὰ Μαρεῦτος τοῦ Μαρεῦτος τοῦ Μαρεῦτοςμητρὸς Τορεῦτος τῆς Μύσθου τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς κώμης. ὁ υἱός μου Ὀννῶφρις μητρὸς Ταμαρεῦτος τῆς Ψοσν[…] λαογραφούμενος ἐπὶ τῆς προκειμένης κώμης ἐτελεύτησεν τῷ ἐνεστῶτι Σεβαστῶι μηνὶ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος[…] […]ς Νέρουα[……
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