A census return submitted by the woman Thapsois of Thelbonthon Siphtha in the Prosopite nome to the royal scribe Apion, listing herself, her husband Hierakion alias Horos, and their two young sons living in a house she co-owns with her sister. It was filed on 19 July 174 AD under Marcus Aurelius, and written for her by Horion because she was illiterate.
In English machine translation
96
To Apion, royal scribe of the Prosopite nome,
from Thapsois daughter of Pnepheros son of Herakleides, from Thelbonthon Siphtha.
I register, in accordance with the orders of Calvisius Statianus, the most illustrious prefect, for the house-by-house census being held under good auspices, the property belonging to me in the village: a house and empty plots belonging to Thapsois and Tatithoes, both daughters of Pnepheros son of Herakleides, formerly their father's, in which live:
Thapsois daughter of Pnepheros son of Herakleides, mother Thermouthis daughter of Psosnaus, aged 47;
Hierakion also called Horos, son of Petos, aged 55, without distinguishing marks;
Sarapammon, son of both, a minor, aged 6, without distinguishing marks;
Psosnaus, brother, of the same parents, a minor, aged 3, without distinguishing marks.
Year 14 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Armeniacus Medicus Parthicus Germanicus Maximus, Epeiph 25.
I, Thapsois daughter of Pnepheros, have submitted this as set out above.
I, Horion son of Pantbeus, wrote on her behalf since she does not know letters.
Through Harpok[...]. Column 42.
The numbers 96 and 'column 42' refer to the document's place in a glued roll of census returns. Hierakion is presumably Thapsois' husband, since Sarapammon is called 'son of both'.
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.