A sworn declaration addressed to the official of the Dromos of Thoeris quarter of Oxyrhynchus by Nikanor son of Sostratos and another person. Following orders of the prefect Aeternius Fronto about people living in Alexandria, they state that the weaver Nikanor son of Isidoros resides in Alexandria and is registered for poll-tax in their quarter in Vespasian's 11th year (AD 78/79).
In English machine translation
[…] to […], amphodarch
of the Dromos of Thoeris quarter […]
from Nikanor son of Sostratos and
[…]…[…]as, whose mother is Thaisas daughter of
Ptolemaios, both of
Oxyrhynchus city. In accordance with the orders of our lord the prefect
Aeternius Fronto concerning
those residing in Alexandria,
being questioned by you about
Nikanor son of Isidoros, weaver,
we declare that he resides in Alexandria and is registered as liable to poll-tax in the current eleventh
year of Imperator Vespasian
Augustus in the same quarter of the Dromos
of Thoeris, and we swear by Imperator Caesar […]
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The amphodarch was the official responsible for a city quarter (amphodon). 'In homologoi' means registered among those liable to the full poll-tax (laographia).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declaration Concerning Residence in Alexandria). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.