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Sworn certification of a taxpayer list from the village of Prektis TM 22645Hermoupolis Magna15th August, AD 340
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Sworn declaration by the village officials of Prektis in the Hermopolite nome to the praepositus of the 15th pagus, certifying the accuracy of their man-by-man list of public tax assessments for the 14th indiction. The appended list of villagers with their assessed shares follows; dated 15 August AD 340.
In English machine translation
[1]
To Aurelius Asklepiades, praepositus of the 15th pagus of the Hermopolite nome,
from the Aurelii Kastor son of Teukis, ephoros, and Ionis son of Ammonios and Sarmates son of Silvanus, the two komarchs, and Kornelios son of Ammonas, quadrarius, and Chous son of Herakles and Silvanus son of Pkylis and Polys son of Silvanus, all from the village of Prektis in the pagus under you, greeting. We acknowledge, swearing the divine and august oath of our lords the Augusti, victorious in all things, that the list submitted to you by us, man by man, of the public dues of the assessment of the 14th indiction is valid, and that we have no dispute regarding the composition of the aforesaid assessment and have falsified nothing, or may we be liable to the divine oath and to the danger concerning this; and having been asked, we acknowledged.
In the consulship of Septimius Acindynus, vir clarissimus, prefect of the sacred praetorium, and Populonius Proculus, vir clarissimus, Mesore 22. We, the aforesaid public officials, swore the divine oath as stated above. I, Aurelius Silvanus, wrote on their behalf since they do not know letters.
[2]
The list is as follows:
Silvanus son of Pkylis […]
Kopreas son of Petouphis 1 1/2
Serenos son of Horos […]
Kornelios son of Sotas 1
Hermeos son of Kornelios 1/4
Dios son of Papesis 1 1/2
Kopreus his brother 1/4
Petros son of Kastor 4
Kopreus son of Tothes 1/2
Silvanus son of Pkylis (for) Diogas 1/2
Kollouthos son of Ammonios 1/2
Pasion son of Pieus 1/2
Nepheros son of Sotas 1/2
Kastor son of Patalos 1/2
Chaus son of Sotas 1/2
[3]
Polys son of Silvanus … 1
Herminos son of Horos 1/2
Kastor son of Ammon 1
Ammonios son of Inaros 1/2 1/4
Kopreus son of Teukis 1/2
Herakles son of Pisois 1/2
Diogas son of Pkylis 1/2
Silvanus son of Hatres 1/2
Helenos son of Soeis 1/2
Neion son of Silvanus 1/2
Hermeos son of Pisois 1/2
Kelelythis son of Siris 1
Sotes son of Sarmates 1
Pekysis son of Ammonios 1/2
Teukous son of Chous 1/2
Peous son of Ammonas 1/2
[4]
Phibis son of Herakles […]
Horos son of Apesph[…]
Paesis son of All[…]
Silvanus son of Horos […]
Chous son of Herakles […]
sons of Aly… […]
Teukous son of Ka[…]
Pinoution son of Pi[…]
Pausatis son of Chych[…]
Keras son of Enpso[…]
Dionenes […]
Onnophris son of Koll[…]
Ammonios son of Ionis […]
The units of the figures after each name are not stated; they are presumably shares of the tax assessment (merismos). The quadrarius was a minor village official.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as A Certified List of Taxpayers). 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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