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Census declaration of Horos son of Horos from Bakchias TM 11984Bacchias, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptMay 5, 119 A.D.

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A census declaration submitted in AD 119 by Horos, a public farmer of Bakchias in the Fayum, registering himself, his wife, two sons, his brother Horion, Horion's wife and their son for the census of Hadrian's 2nd year. It is addressed to the strategos, royal scribe, village scribe and laographoi, and bears their filing notes.

In English machine translation

To Eudemos, strategos, and to Hermaios also called Dryton, royal scribe of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, and to Ptolemaios, village scribe, and to Aunes son of Aunes and Orsenouphis son of Orsenouphis, laographoi of the village of Bakchias in the same division, from Horos son of Horos son of Horos, his mother being Herieus daughter of Menches, from the aforesaid village of Bakchias. There belongs to me and to my brother Horion in the village a fourth share of a house and courtyard in which we live, and I register myself and my household for the house-by-house census of the past 2nd year of Hadrian Caesar the lord. I am: Horos, the aforesaid, public farmer, aged 48, scar on the left eyebrow; and my wife Tapekysis daughter of Horos, aged 45, without distinguishing mark; and the children of us both, Horos, son, aged …, without distinguishing mark; and Horion, another son, aged 1, without distinguishing mark; and my aforesaid brother Horion, aged 35, scar in the middle of the forehead; and his wife Thenatymis daughter of Chariton, about 39 years old, without distinguishing mark, to whom belongs a half share of the house and courtyard in which we live; and the son of them both, Horos, aged 1, without distinguishing mark. I, Heras, nomographos of Bakchias, wrote this. I, Orsenouphis, laographos, have filed it, through Melanas, scribe. I, Aunes son of Aunes, laographos, have filed it, through Epimachos, scribe. Year 3 of Hadrian the lord, Pachon 10. I, the village scribe, have filed it. Pachon 10.

Laographoi were village officials responsible for the population lists used for poll-tax assessment; the nomographos was the local scribe who drafted documents. The age of the elder son is illegible.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Census Declaration). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

Census Declaration

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 106 · May 5, 119 A.D. · Bacchias, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Declaration of persons belonging to the same household and resident in the same domicile in Bacchias, drawn up in accordance with the requirements of the fourteen-year house-by-house census

p.mich.3.178

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 5. Mai 119 · Bakchias (Arsinoites)

Εὐδήμωι στρατηγῷ καὶ Ἑρμαίωι τῶι καὶ Δρύτωνι βασιλικῷ γραμματεῖ Ἀρσινοείτου Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος καὶ Πτολεμαίωι κωμογραμματεῖ καὶ Αὐνῆι Αὐνείους καὶ Ὀρσενούφει Ὀρσενούφεως λαογράφοις κώμης Βακχιάδος τῆς αὐτῆς μερίδος. παρὰ Ὥρου τοῦ Ὥρου τοῦ Ὥρου μητρὸς Ἑριέως τῆς Μεγχείους ἀπὸ τῆς …