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Census return of Piathres and his children from Machor TM 17178Machor (Herakleopolites)

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A census return (house-by-house registration) submitted by Piathres and his children Psois and Thapetemounis of the village of Machor in the Herakleopolite nome for the census of year 16 of Hadrian, listing the members of the household with their ages. It was filed in response to orders of the prefect Flavius Titianus.

In English machine translation

16 From Piathres son of Piathres, and Psois and Thapetemounis, his children, from the village of Machor. We register, in accordance with the orders of Flavius Titianus the most excellent prefect, for the house-by-house census of year 16 of Hadrian Caesar the lord, the house belonging to me, Piathres, and half share of a courtyard, in which I register myself: Piathres son of Piathres, without distinguishing mark, mother Th[…] Ps[…] without distinguishing mark, 61 years Psois, the son, mother Thaueetis (?), 31 years Thapetemounis, the sister and wife, mother Taphel[…], 29 years Chath[…], son of both, […] 14 years Acho[…] 6 (?) Thaphe[…] Thaara […] […] […] Thapetemounis […] of the courtyard the remaining half share of the courtyard […] registration […] […] 25 (?) […] […] of the whole […] Year […] of Hadrian Augustus, Pharmouthi […] We, Piathres and Psois and Thapetemounis, the aforementioned, […] I, […], wrote on their behalf since they do not know letters.

Psois and Thapetemounis are listed as brother and sister and also husband and wife, a sibling marriage typical of Roman Egyptian census returns. Many entries in the household list are damaged and names are uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Schede di censimento). 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 · Machor (Herakleopolites)

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