One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 18701

Death notifications of villagers of Mouchennomthou TM 18701Herakleopolis (?)236 - 237

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Two numbered copies (nos. 91 and 92) of death notifications from a register. In the better preserved one, Aurelius Pseiris son of Kollouthos of the village of Mouchennomthou reports the death of his relative Pounsis and asks that his name be struck from the public records; dated to year 3 of Maximinus Thrax (AD 236/237).

In English machine translation

[1] 91 […] from […] […] village […] in the current 3rd year, registered […] […] name through […] as is proper […] […] […] […] […] Maximus [2] 92 From Aurelius Pseiris son of Kollouthos, from the village of Mouchennomthou. Since my relative Pounsis son of […]lios died in the current 3rd year, being registered in the aforesaid village of Mouchennomthou, I request that his name be removed through the public records in your keeping, as is proper, and when asked I agreed. Year 3 of Imperator Caesar Gaius Iulius Verus Maximinus Pius Felix Augustus Germanicus Maximus Dacicus Maximus Sarmaticus Maximus and of Gaius Iulius Verus Maximus Germanicus Maximus Dacicus Maximus Sarmaticus Maximus, the most sacred Caesar Augustus, son of the Augustus […]

The numbers 91 and 92 suggest these are entries copied into a roll of such declarations; the first is too damaged to name the deceased, though its wording parallels the second. Provenance is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · 236 - 237 · Herakleopolis (?)

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