Declaration of Property
Property return for a house, made by its purchaser, Tapekysis, daughter of Horos. This document, as well as several others, was presented in accordance with special orders from the prefect of Egypt (see P.Mich. XV, p. 20)
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Property return by Tapekysis for a purchased house TM 11985Bacchias, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptAugust 2, 131 A.D.
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A property declaration in which Tapekysis, daughter of Horos, of Bakchias in the Arsinoite nome, registers a house she had bought with the keepers of the property records, in compliance with orders of the prefect Flavius Titianus. It was received and signed by the secretary Kottos in August of AD 131.
In English machine translation
I, Kottos, secretary, have signed. Year 15, Mesore 9.
To Deios also called Apollonios and Herodes also called Diogenes, former gymnasiarchs, keepers of the property records of the Arsinoite nome,
from Tapekysis daughter of Horos, of those from Bakchias in the division of Herakleides. I register, in accordance with the orders of Flavius Titianus, the most excellent prefect, up to the present day, what I have, namely the house which I bought. And if I dispose of anything, I will show that it is so.
The 'keepers of property records' (bibliophylakes enkteseon) ran the Roman archive of landed and house property; this return was filed under a special general registration ordered by the prefect. The final clause, an undertaking to report any later disposal, is translated loosely.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declaration of Property). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.mich.3.180
Κόττος γραμματεὺς σεσημείωμαι. ἔτους ιε Μεσορὴ θ. Δείῳ τῷ καὶ Ἀπολλωνίῳ καὶ Ἡρώδῃ τῷ καὶ Διογένῃ γεγυμνασιαρχηκόσι βιβλιοφύλαξι ἐνκτήσεων Ἀρσινοείτου παρὰ Ταπεκύσιος τῆς Ὥρου τῶν ἀπὸ Βακχιάδος τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος. ἀπογράφομαι κατὰ τὰ ὑπὸ Φλαουίου Τιτιανοῦ τοῦ κρατίστου ἡγεμόνο…