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Notification of the death of Ampsais to the royal scribe TM 13161Theadelphia (Arsinoites)6. - 24. Jan. 138

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A death notification submitted by Teos son of Ampsais of Theadelphia to Apollonios, royal scribe of the Themistos division of the Arsinoite nome, reporting that his father Ampsais, a village assistant, died in Tybi of Hadrian's 22nd year and asking that his name be entered among the deceased. A subscription by the scribe Anoubion instructs the village scribe to verify the death and act accordingly.

In English machine translation

To Apollonios, royal scribe of the Arsinoite nome, Themistos division, from Teos son of Ampsais, of those from the village of Theadelphia of the same division. My aforementioned father Ampsais son of Teos son of Ampsais, his mother being Soeris, an assistant (hyperetes) registered in the same village of Theadelphia, died in the present month Tybi of the present twenty-second year of Hadrian Caesar the lord. I ask that his name be entered in the list of the deceased, as is done in similar cases. To the village scribe: if the aforementioned has truly died, carry out what is proper, since you will be held to account if anything is done contrary to what is required. I, Anoubion, scribe, have signed. Year 22 of Hadrian Caesar the lord, Tybi […]

Odd phrasing: the father is described as 'aforementioned' though not named before, and the subscriber Anoubion is a scribe acting for the royal scribe's office. A hyperetes was a minor assistant or attendant in village administration.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Todesanzeige). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 6. - 24. Jan. 138 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

Ἀπολλωνίωι βασιλικῶι γραμματεῖ Ἀρσινοίτου Θεμίστου μερίδος παρὰ Τεῶτος τοῦ Ἀμψάιτος τῶν ἀπὸ κώμης Θεαδελφείας τῆς αὐτῆς μερίδος. ὁ προγεγραμμένος μου πατὴρ Ἀμψάεις Τεῶτος τοῦ Ἀμψάιτος μητρὸς Σοήρεως ὑπερετὴς ἀναγραφόμενος ἐπὶ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης Θεαδελφείας ἐτελεύτησεν τῶι ἐνεστῶτι μ…