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Census return of Tatithoes daughter of Petephnouthis TM 16051Thelbonthon Siphtha (Prosopites)19. Juli 174

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A census return submitted by Tatithoes, daughter of Petephnouthis, of the village of Thelbonthon Siphtha in the Prosopite nome, to the royal scribe Apion. She declares her house and vacant plots and the people living there: herself, aged 60, and her 20-year-old daughter Thermouthis. It was written for her by Didymas because she was illiterate, on 19 July 174.

In English machine translation

103 To Apion, royal scribe of the Prosopite nome, from Tatithoes daughter of Petephnouthis, 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 I own in the village, a house and vacant plots, formerly of Harthysis son of Petephnouthis, now of Tatithoes daughter of Petephnouthis, in which (live): Tatithoes daughter of Petephnouthis, her mother being Taerthysis, wife of Harphbichis, aged 60, Thermouthis daughter of Pnepheros, her daughter by Pnepheros, aged 20. Year 14 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus Armeniacus Medicus Parthicus Germanicus Maximus, Epeiph 25. I, Tatithoes daughter of Petephnouthis, register as stated above. I, Didymas son of Psenamounis, wrote on her behalf since she does not know letters. Through Harpok(ration?), column 42.

The census was the periodic house-by-house registration (kat' oikian apographe) ordered by the prefect Calvisius Statianus. The number 103 at the top and the column reference at the end show this return was pasted into a numbered roll of declarations.

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)

ργ Ἀπίωνι βασιλικῷ γραμματεῖ Προσωπείτου παρὰ Τατιθοήους Πετεφνούθιος ἀπὸ Θελβόνθον Σίφθα. ἀπογράφομαι κατὰ τὰ ὑπὸ Καλουεισίου Στατιανοῦ τοῦ λαμπροτάτου ἡγεμόνος προστεταγμένα εἰς τὴν ἐπʼ ἀγαθοῖς γεινομένην κατʼ οἰκίαν ἀπογραφὴν τὰ ὑπάρχοντα ἐν τῇ κώμῃ οἰκίαν καὶ ψιλοὺς τόπους Ἁρ…