Declaration of Property
Declaration of ownership of a house in Oxyrhynchus by Tauris, daughter of Apollonios
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Declaration of a house near the Sarapeion by Tauris daughter of Apollonios TM 21336Oxyrhynchon polis, Oxyrhynchite nome, province of EgyptJuly 17, 64 A.D.
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A property declaration submitted to the archive keepers Sarapion and Theon by Tauris, daughter of Apollonios, acting with her guardian Heroeides. In compliance with an order of the prefect Gaius Caecina Tuscus, she registers her house with a courtyard near the Sarapeion at Oxyrhynchus, in 64 AD.
In English machine translation
Received, year 10, Epeiph 23.
To Sarapion and Theon, keepers of the archives (bibliophylakes),
from Tauris daughter of Apollonios son of Mencheus, of those from Oxyrhynchus city, with her guardian Heroeides son of Krateinos. I register, in accordance with the orders of our lord the prefect Gaius Caecina Tuscus, as of the present day, the house belonging to me at the Sarapeion near Oxyrhynchus city, in the place formerly called Camp of the Cavalrymen, in which there is a courtyard, in accordance with the rights I hold. I previously registered it at the same archive.
I, Sarapion, have signed. Year 10 of Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, Epeiph 23.
The bibliophylakes were keepers of the property record office (bibliotheke enkteseon), where owners registered real estate; such declarations were ordered periodically by the prefect.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declaration of Property). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.mich.3.179
ἐλήφθη ι ἔτους Ἐπεὶφ κγ. Σαραπίωνι καὶ Θέωνι βιβλιοφύλαξι παρὰ Ταύριος τῆς Ἀπολλωνίου τοῦ Μεγχέους τῶν ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως μετὰ κυρίου Ἡρωείδου τοῦ Κρατείνου. ἀπογράφομαι κατὰ τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου ἡγεμόνος Γαίου Κοκίνα Τούσκου προστεταγμένα εἰς τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἡμέραν τὴν ὑπάρχουσάν μ…