A census return submitted at Oxyrhynchus in AD 189 by two cousins, both named Horion and both former exegetai of the city, for the census of Commodus' 28th year. They declare inherited property at the village of Isieion Panga in the upper toparchy, a house, a house with courtyard and several vacant plots, stating that no one is registered or living there, and swear an oath to the emperor's fortune.
In English machine translation
From Horion son of Apollonios, grandson of Horion also called L[…], and his cousin Horion also called Myros […] son of […], both former exegetai of the city of the Oxyrhynchites. We register, in accordance with the orders of Dionysios Papirius, the most illustrious prefect,
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for the house-by-house census of the past 28th year of Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord, the house belonging to us from our fathers […] of our mother Dionysia also called Taamoitis, daughter of Achillion, at the village of Isieion Panga in the upper toparchy, and at the same village another vacant plot, and at the same village other vacant plots, and at the same village a house and courtyard, and at the same village a vacant plot, in which no one is registered and no one lives.
And we swear by the fortune of Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord that we have not lied.
Year 29 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus Armeniacus Medicus Parthicus Sarmaticus Germanicus Maximus Britannicus, Mesore 30.
We, Horion son of Apollonios, grandson of Horion also called Li…, and his cousin Horion also called …, have submitted this and sworn the oath.
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The exegetes was a senior municipal magistrate. Such returns of property with no residents were required so that every building appeared in the house-by-house census.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Census - 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.