A census declaration submitted in AD 174 to Apion, royal scribe of the Prosopite nome, by four brothers, sons of Petos, of the village of Thelbonthon Siphtha. They register their jointly owned house and plots and list the 17 members of their households with ages and identifying marks.
In English machine translation
99
To Apion, royal scribe of the Prosopite nome,
from Pantbeus son of Petos and Tithoennesis and Haronnesis and Phalakres, the four from Thelbonthon Siphtha. In accordance with the orders of Calvisius Statianus, the most illustrious prefect, we register for the house-by-house census being held under good auspices the house and vacant plots belonging to us in the village, of Pantbeus and Tithoennesis and Phalakres and Haronnesis, the four sons of Petos son of Pnepheros, in which (live):
Pantbeus son of Petos son of Pnepheros, mother Thaeies daughter of Psenamounis, aged 49, without distinguishing marks;
Theros daughter of Ammonios son of Hephaistion, mother Taphibichis, his wife, aged 21;
Petos son of Pantbeus, mother Thapsathis daughter of Petos, aged 10, with a white (spot in the) eye;
Ammonios his brother, mother Theros, aged 5, without distinguishing marks;
Taphibichis his sister of the same parents, aged 4;
Thaeies another sister, aged 2;
Tithoennesis son of Petos, mother Thaeies, aged 44, without distinguishing marks;
Serathes his sister and wife, aged 40;
Theros their daughter from both, aged 12;
Thapsathis her sister of the same parents, aged 8;
Phalakres son of Petos son of Pnepheros, mother Thaeies daughter of Psenamounis, aged 30, without distinguishing marks;
Taartysis daughter of Saiphis son of Pnepherontithoes, mother Achillis, his wife, aged 30;
Nouatis his daughter, mother Thermouthis daughter of Pnepheros, aged 5;
Haronnesis son of Petos son of Pnepheros, mother Thaeies daughter of Psenamounis, aged 21, without distinguishing marks;
Thanibichis daughter of Harpaesis, mother Thsenamounis, his wife, aged 19;
Harpaesis, from both parents, aged 2, without distinguishing marks;
Thsenamounis his sister of the same parents, aged 1.
Year 14 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Armeniacus Medicus Parthicus Germanicus Maximus, Epeiph 25.
We, Pantbeus son of Petos son of Pnepheros and his brothers, have submitted (this) as stated above. I, Hierakion son of Pantbeus, wrote on their behalf since they do not know letters.
Through Harpok[...]. Column 42.
Part of a roll of census returns; the numbers 99 and 'column 42' refer to its position in the official compilation. Tithoennesis is married to his full sister, a practice attested in Roman Egypt.
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.