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Property return for a vacant plot at Petne on behalf of an absent owner TM 20731Senepta (Oxyrhynchites)12. Apr. 90

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A property return submitted to the keepers of the property archives by Zoilos son of Apollonios of Senepta on behalf of the absent Marcus Porcius Epitynchanon, registering a vacant plot at Petne that Marcus had bought. It was filed under an order of the prefect Mettius Rufus and dated 12 April AD 90; Amois son of Theon wrote it for the illiterate Zoilos.

In English machine translation

[recto] To Epimachos and Theon, keepers of the archives, from Zoilos son of Apollonios son of Ptollion, his mother being Ptolema daughter of Ischyrion, of those from the village of Senepta in the Middle toparchy. I register on behalf of Marcus Porcius Epitynchanon, who is absent, in accordance with the orders of our lord the prefect Mettius Rufus, the vacant plot belonging to him up to the present day in the village of Petne of the same toparchy, in the southern parts of the village, which he bought from Tiberius Julius Basileides through Tiberius Julius Philetos, in accordance with the rights pertaining to it. I, Zoilos son of Apollonios son of Ptollion, have made the registration for Marcus. I, Amois son of Theon, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. Year 9 of Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus, Pharmouthi 17. Zoilos, aged about 48, with a scar on the left shin […] […] I, Amois son of Theon, wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. Year 9 of Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus Germanicus, Pharmouthi 17. Zoilos, aged about 48, with a scar on the left shin. The writer Amois, aged about 61, with a scar on the middle of the forehead. [verso] […]

This is a duplicate copy of the return, with the subscription and personal descriptions repeated. The prefect Mettius Rufus ordered a general registration of property with the archives (bibliophylakes) around this time.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Property Return). 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 · 12. Apr. 90 · Senepta (Oxyrhynchites)

[r] Ἐπιμάχῳ καὶ Θέωνι βιβλιοφύλαξι παρὰ Ζωίλου τοῦ Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦ Πτολλίωνος μητρὸς Πτολέμας τῆς Ἰσχυρίωνος τῶν ἀπὸ κώμης Σένεπτα τῆς μέσης τοπαρχίας. ἀπογράφομαι Μάρκῳ Πουρκίῳ Ἐπιτυνχάνοντι ἀπόντι κατὰ τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου ἡγεμόνος Μεττίου Ῥούφου προστεταγμένα τὸν ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῷ εἰ…