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Notification of the death of Nemesion to the village scribe of Philadelphia TM 14408Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt48 A.D.

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A death notification addressed to Maron, village scribe of Philadelphia, by Stratippos son of Titan, reporting that his son Nemesion, registered for the poll tax, died on 5 Choiak of Claudius' ninth year. He asks that the name be struck from the tax rolls and entered among the dead.

In English machine translation

To Maron, village scribe of Philadelphia, from Stratippos son of Titan, of those from Philadelphia. My son Nemesion, registered for the poll tax in the village, died on the 5th of Choiak of the present ninth year of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator. Therefore I submit to you this memorandum so that you may report it to those whom it concerns, and his name may be removed and entered in the list of the deceased, so that I may be free of blame, as indeed I am. Farewell.

5 Choiak of Claudius' year 9 corresponds to 1 December AD 48. One description wrongly calls the addressee the village scribe of Theadelphia; the text says Philadelphia.

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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notification of death

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 831 · 48 A.D. · Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt

Stratippos, son of Titan, informs the village scribe of Theadelphia that his son, Nemesion, registered for the poll-tax in Philadelphia, died on the 5th of Choiak (December 1) in the 9th year of the emperor Claudius. The letter proceeds with the request that his son's name be rem…

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 48 - 49 · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

Μάρωνι κωμογραμματεῖ Φιλαδελφείας παρὰ Στρατίππου τοῦ Τειτᾶνος τῶν ἀπὸ Φιλαδελφείας. ὁ υἱός μου Νεμεσίων λαογραφούμενος περὶ τὴν κώμην, ἐτελεύτησεν τῇ ε τοῦ Χοιὰχ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ἐνάτου ἔτους Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος. διὸ ἐπιδίδωμί σοι τὸ ὑπόμνημα…