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Declaration of house shares to the property record office TM 21278Alabastron Polis (Kynopolites)117 - 118

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A property declaration submitted to the record keepers of the Hermopolite nome by Horos son of Harpaesis of Alabastron Polis, under an order of the prefect Rammius Martialis. He registers a quarter share of a house and courtyard bought in Trajan's 16th year and fractional shares of three other houses inherited from his father, all in Alabastron, and swears an oath to the emperor Hadrian.

In English machine translation

To the keepers of the property records of the Hermopolite nome, from Horos son of Harpaesis, his mother being Taphibis, of those from Alabastron Polis of Lower Arabia. I register, in accordance with the orders of the most excellent prefect Rammius Martialis, for the present year 2 of Hadrian Caesar the lord, what I bought by public instrument in year 16 of the deified Trajan from Arathos son of Epimachos and […]epais son of Pouoris and Psenmouis son of Paleous, of the same Alabastron: a 1/4 share of a house and courtyard in the same Alabastron; and from the inheritance of my father a 1/8 share of another house, and a 1/2 share of another house, and a 1/8 share of another house, all being in the same Alabastron. And I swear by the fortune of Imperator Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus that this is so and that I have falsified nothing, or may I be liable to the oath. Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, […]

The bibliophylakes enkteseon kept the register of real property ownership in each nome. Alabastron belonged administratively to the 'Lower Arabia' district, yet the declaration is addressed to the Hermopolite office.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Denuncia di proprietà). 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 · 117 - 118 · Alabastron Polis (Kynopolites)

βιβλιοφύλαξι ἐγκτήσεων Ἑρμοπολίτου παρὰ Ὥρου τοῦ Ἁρπαήσιος μητρὸς Ταφίβιος τῶν ἀπὸ Ἀλαβάστρων πόλεως τῆς Ἀραβίας κάτω. ἀπογράφομαι κατὰ τὰ κελευσθένταὑπὸ τοῦ κρατίστου ἡγεμόνος Ῥαμμίου Μαρτιάλις εἰς τὸ ἐνεστὸς β ἔτος Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου ὃ ἠγόρασα κατὰ δημόσιον χρηματισμὸ…