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Census return of Niktathymis son of Papeiris from Peptaucha TM 21037Peptaucha (Berenikes Nomos)30. Juni 132

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A census declaration submitted in AD 132 by Niktathymis son of Papeiris to the village scribe Asklepiades, registering his house in the village of Peptaucha in the Berenike nome and its residents, including himself, his wife, his priest son and others. It was written for him by Petosiris because he was illiterate.

In English machine translation

I, Asklepiades, have registered it; 3 (copies?). To Asklepiades, village scribe of Peptaucha and other villages of the Berenike nome, from Niktathymis son of Papeiris, grandson of Niktathymis, of the same village of Peptaucha. I register, in accordance with the orders of Titus Flavius Titianus, the most excellent prefect, for the house-by-house census of the present 16th year of Hadrian Caesar the lord, the house belonging to me in the aforesaid village of Peptaucha, in which we live: Niktathymis son of Papeiris, grandson of Niktathymis, mother Apollonia, […] (?), of medium height, honey-coloured complexion, scar on the left thumb, aged 71; […]ris […] daughter of Aspiesies (?), his wife, Klo[…] […], aged 60; [Nikta]thymis, the son of both, priest, honey-coloured complexion, without distinguishing marks, aged 40; […] Amounis son of Archidemos, mother Ta[…]se[…]; […] daughter of Paesis, the wife, Klod[…], aged 65. And I swear by the fortune of Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus that the foregoing is true. Year 16 of Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Epeiph 6. I, Niktathymis son of Papeiris, have submitted this and sworn the foregoing oath as set out above. I, Petosiris son of Pathenouphis, wrote on his behalf, since he says he does not know letters. …

The Berenike nome here is Berenike Trogodytike, a district on the Red Sea side. Several entries in the list of residents are damaged, so names and relationships there 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 Volkszählungseingabe aus dem Dorfe Peptaucha im Gau von Berenike Trogodytike). 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 · 30. Juni 132 · Peptaucha (Berenikes Nomos)

Ἀσκληπιάδης ἐσημειωσάμην, γ. Ἀσκληπιάδῃ κωμογραμματεῖ Πεπταύχων καὶ ἄλλων κωμῶν τοῦ Βερενείκης νομοῦ παρὰ Νικταθύμεως Παπείρεως Νικταθύμεως τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης Πεπταύχων. ἀπογράφομαι κατὰ τὰ ὑπὸ Τίτου Φλαουίου Τιτιανοῦ τοῦ κρατίστου ἡγεμόνος προστεταγμένα πρὸς τὴν τοῦ ἐνεστῶτ…