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A census return (house-by-house registration) submitted by Harpokration son of Marepsemis, a 66-year-old exempt priest of the temple of Soknebtynis at Tebtynis, for the census of Hadrian's 16th year. He declares his house and household members, beginning with himself and his wife.
The 'fifty exempt men' were priests of the temple whose number was capped and who were exempt from the poll tax. Soknebtynis was the local crocodile god, identified with Greek Kronos.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Κατ᾿οἰκίαν ἀπογραφή). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[…] Ἀρσινοίτου Πολέμωνος μερίδος παρὰ Ἁρποχρατίονος τοῦ Μαρεψήμεως τοῦ Μαρσισούχου, μητρὸς Θενπακήβκιος τῆς […]σεως ἀπὸ κώμης Τεβτύνεως ἱερέως ἀπολυσίμου ἀπὸ ἀνδρῶν πεντήκοντα λογίμου ἱεροῦ τοῦ ἐν τῇ κώμῃ θεοῦ Σοκνεβτύνεως τοῦ καὶ Κρόνου καὶ Ἴσιδος καὶ Σαραπιάδος καὶ Ἁρποχράτου κ…
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