A notice of death addressed to Claudius Julianus, royal scribe of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, by Thatreus daughter of Sarapion of Karanis, acting with her kinsman Mersis as guardian. She reports that a male relative, Satabous, died in Choiak of Trajan's 5th year and asks that he be removed from the register of the living; the official instructs the village scribe to verify and report.
In English machine translation
To Claudius Julianus, royal scribe of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome,
from Thatreus daughter of Sarapion, of those from the village of Karanis in the same division, with as guardian her kinsman Mersis son of Apynchis.
My […] Satabous […] son of Petesouchos (?) […], registered in the aforesaid village, died in the month of Choiak of the present 5th year of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus. Therefore I ask that he be entered among the dead.
[Subscription:] To the village scribe. If he has died, after recording it, report with a sworn statement, as is proper.
Year 5 of Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus, Choiak […].
Through Mersis son of Apynchis.
Choiak 25.
The deceased's relationship to Thatreus (perhaps husband or son) is lost in a gap. Such death notices served to strike names from the poll-tax registers.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.