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Census declaration of Tephorsais and her son Herakleos at Tebtynis TM 12398Tebtynis (Arsinoites)19. Juli 147

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A census declaration submitted by Tephorsais, acting with her cousin Turbon as guardian, to the laographoi of Tebtynis for the house-by-house census of year 9 of Antoninus Pius. She declares herself, aged 29, and her son Herakleos by her divorced husband, and lists their shares of houses in the village. Dated 19 July 147.

In English machine translation

To Apynchis and Satornilus, laographoi of the village of Tebtynis, from Tephorsais daughter of Pasion […] […]eios, from the village of Tebtynis, with as guardian her paternal cousin Turbon son of Herakleos. There belongs to me and to my son Herakleos, written below, jointly and in equal shares, a two-thirds part of a house and courtyard, and to me alone a twelfth part of another house, all in the village, in which I register myself for the house-by-house census of the past 9th year of Antoninus Caesar the lord. And I am Tephorsais, the aforementioned, aged 29, and my son, born to me by my divorced husband Onnophris son of Harmiysis, Herakleos, registered, aged […]. Therefore I submit this. Year 10 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Epeiph 25.

Laographoi were village officials responsible for the poll-tax registers. The son's age is lost.

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

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p.mil.vogl.3.193b

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 19. Juli 147 · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

Ἀπύγχει καὶ Σατουρνείλῳ λαογράφοις κώμης Τεβτύνεως παρὰ Τεφορσαίτος τῆς Πασίωνος […]…α[…]…[…]… …[…]…ειος ἀπὸ κώμης Τεβτύνεως μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ κατὰ πατέρα ἀνεψιοῦ Τούρβωνος τοῦ Ἡρακλήου. ὑπάρχει μοι καὶ τῷ ὑπογεγραμμένῳ μου υἱῷ Ἡρακλήῳ κοινῶς ἐξ ἴσου δίμοιρον μέρος οἰκίας καὶ αὐλῆς…