Declaration of the death of Petesouchos, son of Eleis, at Bakchias TM 13275Bakchias (Arsinoites)9. Sept. 139

A declaration of death submitted by a son to officials, reporting that his father Petesouchos, son of Eleis, a poll-tax payer of Bakchias in the Arsinoite nome, died in Pauni of year 2 of Antoninus Pius, and asking that he be struck from the tax rolls and listed among the deceased. The village scribe Hareotes acknowledges receipt of a copy, dated 9 September 139.

In English machine translation

The opening with the addressee and the declarant's name is lost. 'Registered for poll tax' renders laographoumenos; reporting the death removed the man from liability for the poll tax.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Déclaration 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.