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Census return of Hermaios also called Pathotes from the City East quarter TM 22717Hermopolis

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A census return submitted in AD 189 at Hermopolis by Hermaios also called Pathotes, a member of the gymnasium class, registering himself, his wife Soueris, three sons and a daughter as lodgers in a share of a house owned by Ammonios son of Anoubion in the City East quarter. It was filed for the census of Commodus' 28th year, sworn by the emperor's fortune, and signed by a scribe for the illiterate declarant.

In English machine translation

To the amphodogrammateis of the City East quarter from Hermaios also called Pathotes, son of Achilleus son of Hermaios, his mother being Eudaimonis also called Tisois daughter of Nearchos, of Hermopolis, of the gymnasium class, registered in the City East quarter. I register, according to the orders of Aurelius Verianus, former prefect, for the house-by-house census of the 28th year of Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord, at the dwelling of Ammonios son of Anoubion son of Petes son of Psenamounis, and however he is styled, registered in the City East quarter, in a 12th share of a house and court and appurtenances in the City East quarter, 17th amphodon, he being present and consenting to this return, myself and my family: Hermaios also called Pathotes, of the gymnasium class, aged 48 Hermeinos also called Moros, my son by my mother (sic) Soueris daughter of Kastor, of the gymnasium class, aged 21 Isidoros, another son by the same mother, of the gymnasium class, a minor, aged 13 in the 28th year Theognostos also called Moros, another son by the same mother, of the gymnasium class, a minor, aged 8 in the 28th year Women: Soueris daughter of Kastor, of the gymnasium class, my wife, aged 52 […]dora, our daughter, of the gymnasium class, one year old in the 28th year, aged 2 And I swear by the fortune of Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Caesar the lord that this is so. Year 29 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus Armeniacus Medicus Parthicus Sarmaticus Germanicus Maximus Britannicus, [month] […]. I, Hermaios also called Pathotes son of Achilleus, have submitted this and sworn the oath. I, Achilleus […], wrote on his behalf because he does not know letters. I, Ammonios son of Anoubion, consent. I, Ploution, have received a copy.

The return belongs to the census of year 28 of Commodus (AD 188/9) but is dated year 29. The 'gymnasium class' was a privileged hereditary status group in Roman Egyptian metropoleis; the phrase 'by my mother' for the son's mother appears to be a scribal slip for 'by the mother'.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as A Census Return from Hermopolis from AD 189). 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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