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Census return of Apollonios and his son Soterichos, lodgers in Memphis TM 22713Memphis

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A census return from Memphis in which Apollonios, also called Hephaistion, registers himself (aged 37) and his five-year-old son Soterichos as lodgers in part of a house owned by Sarapion. Addressed to the royal scribe Kephalon, acting strategos, it belongs to the census of year 23 of Antoninus Pius (AD 159/160), with the house owner guaranteeing his poll taxes.

In English machine translation

[recto] To Kephalon, royal scribe of the Memphite nome, also acting as deputy for the office of strategos, from Apollonios son of Harphaesis, also called Hephaistion, his mother being Thermouthis, of those from Memphis, non-privileged (argoi), registered in the 1st quarter. I register myself and my minor son Soterichos, whose mother is Ptolemas daughter of Harchosis, of Memphis, long since divorced, as residents in the part of a house belonging to Sarapion son of Sarapion in the same quarter, in which we live, for the house-by-house census of the present 23rd year of Antoninus Caesar the lord: myself, Apollonios, the aforementioned, aged 37; Soterichos, my son, his mother being the aforementioned Ptolemas, registered in the list of minors for the same 23rd year, aged 5 years, […] months. The owner of the lodging, Sarapion son of Sarapion grandson of Hartotes, being present, guarantees me for the poll taxes. And I swear by the fortune of the lord Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius that the foregoing is true. Year 23 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, […] I, Apollonios, strategos, through Didymos, assistant, have signed. [verso] Scrutiny (epikrisis). To Kephalon, deputy.

The argoi were Memphite residents without privileged tax status. The census returns of this period were made on a 14-year cycle, here for the census of 159/160."}

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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 · Memphis

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