Census Return
A census-return of an inhabitant of Oxyrhynchus. The middle and lower portions are much damaged. On the verso is the date (month and day).
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Census return of Petosiris son of Dionysios for a house in North Dromos TM 21913OxyrhynchusA.D. 119
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A house-by-house census return submitted by Petosiris son of Dionysios of Oxyrhynchus to the strategos Demetrios for the census of Hadrian's year 2, on the orders of the prefect Rammius Martialis. It declares shares of a house in the North Dromos quarter owned by him and his wife Tetoeus and lists the members of the household, including a purchased slave woman.
In English machine translation
[recto]
To Demetrios, strategos, and to the others whom it concerns,
from Petosiris son of Dionysios son of Petosiris, his mother being Mieus daughter of Horos, of those from the city of Oxyrhynchus. In accordance with the orders of Rammius Martialis, the most excellent prefect,
(Docket:) Filed.
I register for the house-by-house census of the past year 2 of Hadrian Caesar the lord the half share of a house belonging to me in the North Dromos quarter, and to my wife Tetoeus daughter of Thoonis, formerly belonging to her father, one third of the remaining half; and likewise there belongs to the same woman one third of the same half share, formerly belonging to her brother Petosiris, and with her is also the remaining third share, completing the half share, which (belonged to) Papontos, her other brother, in a security that has passed its term, in place of the portion of the sums owed to Tetoeus by Papontos under a loan contract […]
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[…] laographed, with a scar on the left foot, 74 years old.
Ti[…], mother Tetoeus daughter of Thoonis, laographed, with a scar on the right foot, 45 years old.
Apollonides son of Petosiris son of Thoonis, mother Tapsois […] daughter of Paulos, laographed, without distinguishing marks, 21 years old, living in a share of 1 house in the same quarter.
Papontos son of Thoonis son of Petosiris, mother Thaisous daughter of Papontos, laographed, now away from home, 57 years old.
Total, 4 persons.
[…] daughter of Thoonis son of Petosiris, mother Thaisous […] without distinguishing marks, about 3[…] years old.
Thaesis daughter of Tho[…], her purchased slave, without distinguishing marks, about 30 years old.
Total, 2 persons.
And likewise there belong to me in the same quarter other shares of houses held in common also with Petosiris son of Thoonis, in which no one lives, but I make my registration at my own house.
Theon, mother Thermouthion, [daughter of] Nechthenibis […]
in the house-by-house census of year 10 of the deified Vespasian […]
[…]
those up to the present […]
I also register the right […] and of Petosiris son of Thoonis of shares of a house […]
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I swear by Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus that I have submitted this honestly and truthfully […]
[verso]
Tybi 28.
"Laographed" (laxos) marks men liable to the poll tax (laographia). The return refers back to the census of year 10 of Vespasian (AD 77/78).
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.
p.oxy.12.1547
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