A death notification submitted by a woman of Theadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, reporting that her husband Aurelius Ammonios, son of Souchos and Isidora, a payer of the poll tax, has died, and asking that his name be entered in the register of the dead. An official, Aurelius Sosos, acknowledges receipt of a copy pending examination, in September 225.
In English machine translation
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[…] of the division of Themistos
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[…]on, from the village of Theadelphia. My husband Aurelius Ammonios, son of Souchos, his mother being Isidora, has died, paying the poll tax in the aforesaid village.
Therefore I submit this and ask that his name be entered in the list of the dead, as in similar cases.
(2nd hand) I, Aurelius Sosos, have received a copy of this, pending examination. Year 5, Thoth 20.
(1st hand) Year 5 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, Thoth […]
The name of the addressee and of the widow are lost. Such notices served to remove the dead man from the poll-tax (epikephalaion) rolls; the place name is partly restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Notification de décès). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.