Registration of property
Declaration of property from Sameros to the custodians of property records of the Memphites
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 21512
Declaration of inherited property to the keepers of property records TM 21512Memphis, Memphite nome, province of Egypt131 (?) A.D.
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A declaration of property submitted by Sameros of Memphis to the two keepers of the property records of the Memphite nome, made on the orders of the prefect Flavius Titianus. He registers property he inherited from his paternal grandmother Thakoris under her will. The rest of the document is lost.
In English machine translation
To Anoubion and Chairemon, keepers of the property records of the Memphite nome,
from Sameros son of Akratos son of Akes, his mother being Thamounis, of those from Memphis. In accordance with the orders of Flavius Titianus, the most excellent prefect, I register the property belonging to me up to the present day, which comes from the inheritance of my paternal grandmother Thakoris daughter of Akratos, in accordance with the will she made, executed […]
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The 'keepers of property records' (bibliophylakes enkteseon) ran the archive registering ownership of land and houses. Flavius Titianus was prefect of Egypt around AD 126-133, consistent with the proposed date.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Registration 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.oslo.2.24
Ἀνουβίωνι καὶ Χαιρήμονι βιβλιοφύλαξι ἐνκτήσεων Μεμφείτου παρὰ Σαμέρου τοῦ Ἀκράτου τοῦ Ἀκήους μητρὸς Θαμούνιος τῶν ἀπὸ Μέμφεως. κατὰ τὰ προστεταγμένα ὑπὸ Φλαυίου Τιτιανοῦ τοῦ κρατίστου ἡγεμόνος ἀπογράφομαι τὰ ὑπάρχοντά μοι εἰς τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἡμέραν ἅπερ ἐστὶν ἀπὸ κληρονομίας τῆς κα…