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Census declaration of a family from Syron Kome TM 219342Syron Kome (Oxyrhynchites)104 - 105

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A census declaration addressed to Apion, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, by three related men from the village of Syron in the western toparchy, declaring the household members living in their shares of a jointly owned house. It lists family members with their ages and physical marks, and dates to AD 104-105.

In English machine translation

[recto] [fragment a] … To Apion, strategos, from Amois son of Herakles son of Amois, his mother being Thaesis daughter of Artemon, and Harmiysis also called Artemon son of Harmiysis son of Herakles, his mother being Tapsois daughter of Harmiysis, and Harmiysis son of Herakles son of Amois, his mother being Thaesis daughter of Artemon, all from the village of Syron in the western toparchy. There are the … living in the shares belonging to us of a jointly owned house towards […] […] [… lines lost …] [fragment b] [… lines lost …] Aonchis, brother, without trade, without distinguishing mark, 22 years old Herakles, another (brother), without trade, without distinguishing mark, 19 years old Harmiysis son of Herakles son of Amois, his mother being Thaesis daughter of Artemon, without trade, scar on the left shin (?), […]7 years old Amois, son, his mother being Taamois, without trade, without distinguishing mark, […] years old Harmiysis, brother, without trade, without distinguishing mark, 3 years old Herakles son of Apis, his mother being Thaesis daughter of Amois son of Korbolon, without distinguishing mark, 4 years old Herakles, brother, without distinguishing mark, 2 years old Harmiysis also called Artemon son of Harmiysis son of Herakles, his mother being Tapsois daughter of Harmiysis, without trade, without distinguishing mark, … years old Harmiysis also called Postomos, brother […] Men […] Women: Taa… daughter of Harmiysis […] …[…] Tha[…] [… lines lost …] [verso] …24

The 104/105 census was one of the regular fourteen-year Roman provincial censuses of Egypt. Descriptions such as 'without distinguishing mark' served to identify individuals.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Zensusdeklaration). 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 · 104 - 105 · Syron Kome (Oxyrhynchites)

[r] [fragment a] … Ἀπίωνι στρατηγῶι παρ’ Ἀμόιτος Ἡρακλήου τοῦ Ἀμόιτος μητρὸς Θαήσιος τῆς Ἀρτέμωνος καὶ Ἁρμιύσιος τοῦ καὶ Ἀρτέμωνος Ἁρμιύσιος τοῦ Ἡρακλήου μητρὸς Ταψόιτος Ἁρμιύσιος καὶ Ἁρμιύσιος Ἡρακλήου τοῦ Ἀμόιτος μητρὸς Θαήσιος τῆς Ἀρτέμωνος τῶν ὄντων ἀπὸ Σύρων κώμης τῆς πρὸς λ…