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Census declaration of an uninhabited house at Thelbonthon Siphtha TM 16043Thelbonthon Siphtha (Prosopites)19. Juli 174

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A census declaration submitted by Athas son of Pnepheros of the village of Thelbonthon Siphtha to Apion, royal scribe of the Prosopite nome, under the orders of the prefect Calvisius Statianus. He registers a house and empty plots, formerly belonging to Thalaeinis and her father Petos, in which no one lives. It is dated 19 July 174, and was written for him by Petos son of Petsiris because Athas was illiterate.

In English machine translation

95 To Apion, royal scribe of the Prosopite nome, from Athas son of Pnepheros, of Thelbonthon Siphtha. I register, in accordance with the orders of Calvisius Statianus, the most illustrious prefect, for the house-by-house census taking place under good auspices, the property belonging to me in the village: a house and empty plots of Thalaeinis daughter of Petos, formerly of Petos her father, in which no one (lives). Year 14 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Armeniacus Medicus Parthicus Germanicus Maximus, Epeiph 25. I, Athas son of Pnepheros, the aforesaid, have submitted (this) as stated above. I, Petos son of Petsiris, wrote on his behalf because he does not know letters. Through Harpok(ration?), column 42.

The number 95 at the top and the final note 'column 42' refer to the document's place in a glued roll (tomos synkollesimos) of census returns. The ownership phrasing about Thalaeinis is compressed and its exact relation to the declarant is unclear.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as (Déclarations de recensement de Thelbonthon Siphtha)). 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 · 19. Juli 174 · Thelbonthon Siphtha (Prosopites)

ϙε Ἀπίωνι βασιλικῷ γραμματεῖ Προσωπείτου παρὰ Ἀθᾶτος Πνεφερῶτος ἀπὸ Θελβόνθον Σίφθα. ἀπογράφομαι κατὰ τὰ ὑπὸ Καλουεισίου Στατιανοῦ τοῦ λαμπροτάτου ἡγεμόνος προστεταγμένα εἰς τὴν ἐπʼ ἀγαθοῖς γεινομένην κατʼ οἰκίαν ἀπογραφὴν τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μοι ἐν τῇ κώμῃ οἰκίαν καὶ ψιλοὺς τόπους Θαλα…