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A sworn declaration from the brothers Menandros and Hierax, sons of Harbeichis, to the district and village scribes of Oxyrhynchus, reporting that Orsenouphis, a coppersmith registered in their house in the Geese-keepers' quarter, had fled abroad long ago without means. It dates to the reign of Claudius (AD 41-54).
Anachoresis, the flight of taxpayers from their registered domicile, often to escape tax burdens, had to be reported to the authorities so that liability could be assessed. The text breaks off after the oath, and the passage on military service is damaged.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Report of Anachoresis). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἀπολλωνίωι καὶ Διδύμωι τοπογραμματεῦσι καὶ κωμογραμματεῦσι Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως παρὰ Μενάνδρου καὶ Ἱέρακος ἀμφοτέρων Ἁρβείχιος. ὁ ἀπογραφόμενος εἰς τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν ἡμῖν μητρικὴν οἰκίαν ἐπὶ λαύρας χηνοβοσκῶν Ὀρσενοῦφις Μεγχεῦς χαλκοτύπος ἀνεχώρησεν εἰς τὴν ξένην ἔτι πρὸ πλείονος χρόνου…
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