Declaration of Property
Property return for a house, made by its owner, Horos, 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 for a half share of a house at Bakchias TM 11986Bacchias, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptAugust 2, 131 A.D.
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A property return from Horos son of Horos of Bakchias in the Arsinoite nome, declaring to the keepers of the property records his half share of a house inherited from his father, held jointly with his brother. It was filed on 2 August 131 under orders of the prefect Flavius Titianus and registered by the scribe Kottos.
In English machine translation
I, Kottos, scribe, have registered it. 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 Horos son of Horos, of the village of Bakchias in the Herakleides division. I register, in accordance with the orders of the most excellent prefect Flavius Titianus, as of the present day, what I own from my father's estate: a half share of a house, together with my brother Horos. If I dispose of anything, I will show how it stands.
One catalogue description calls the declarant a daughter of Horos, but the Greek text names Horos son of Horos. The keepers of property records (bibliophylakes enkteseon) maintained the nome's register of private property.
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.3.181
Κόττος γραμματεὺς σεσημείωμαι. ἔτους ιε Μεσορὴ θ. Δείῳ τῷ καὶ Ἀπολλωνίῳ καὶ Ἡρώδῃ τῷ καὶ Διογένῃ γεγυμνασιαρχηκόσι βιβλιοφύλαξι ἐγκτήσεων Ἀρσινοείτου παρὰ Ὥρου τοῦ Ὥρου τῶν ἀπὸ κώμης Βακχιάδος τῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος. ἀπογράφομαι κατὰ τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου ἡγεμόνος Φλαουίου Τιτιανο…