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Census return of the freedman Pnepheros from Thelbonthon Siphtha TM 16045Thelbonthon Siphtha (Prosopites)19. Juli 174

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A census return submitted to Apion, royal scribe of the Prosopite nome, by Pnepheros, a 70-year-old freedman of Phimouis, from the village of Thelbonthon Siphtha. He declares a house and bare plots in the village where he lives alone, following the prefect Calvisius Statianus' census order; it is dated 19 July 174 and was written for him by Phamat because he was illiterate.

In English machine translation

97 To Apion, royal scribe of the Prosopite nome, from Pnepheros, freedman of Phimouis, from Thelbonthon Siphtha. I register, in accordance with the orders of Calvisius Statianus, the most illustrious prefect, for the house-by-house census now taking place under good auspices, the property belonging to me in the village: a house and bare plots of Pnepheros and Pantbeus and Tithoenteos, the three sons of Haronnesis, in which (lives) Pnepheros, freedman of Phimouis, mother Thamounis daughter of Aphrodite, aged 70, without distinguishing marks. Year 14 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Armeniacus Medicus Parthicus Germanicus Maximus, Epeiph 25. I, Pnepheros, freedman of Phimouis, have submitted (this) as stated above. I, Phamat son of Harendotes, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. Through Harpok(ration?), column 42.

The number 97 at the top and the closing 'column 42' reflect the return's place in an archival roll of glued-together census declarations. The phrase describing the property's former owners 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)

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