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Census declaration of Aurelia Dioskorous for the Phrourion Libos quarter TM 22720Hermopolis16. März 217

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A census declaration in which Aurelia Dioskorous, a 30-year-old woman of gymnasial status, registers herself with the scribes of the Phrourion Libos quarter of Hermopolis for the census of Caracalla's 24th year, assisted by her brother-husband Theognostos. It was filed on 16 March 217.

In English machine translation

To the amphodogrammateis of Phrourion Libos, from Aurelia Dioskorous, daughter of Hermaios also called Pathotes, her mother being Soueros daughter of Kastor, of the Hermopolite nome, registered in the quarter of Phrourion Libos, with my brother, who is also my husband, Theognostos also called Moros, present with me. I register, in accordance with the orders of the most illustrious prefect Valerius Datus, for the house-by-house census of the 24th year of Aurelius Severus Antoninus Caesar the lord, for which I previously declared (?) at the station (?) in Phrourion Libos, no. 14, myself, Aurelia Dioskorous the aforementioned, of gymnasial status, aged 30 years, and I swear by the fortune of Aurelius Severus Antoninus Caesar the lord that this is so. Year 25 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Parthicus Maximus Britannicus Maximus Germanicus Maximus Pius Augustus, Phamenoth 20. I, Aurelius Nikostratos, have received a copy in the allotment.

The phrase about a previous declaration 'at station 14' is obscure and the reading of the word for station is restored. The marriage of full siblings reflects a practice attested in Roman Egypt until the early 3rd century.

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 · 16. März 217 · Hermopolis

ἀμφοδογραμματεῦσι Φρουρίου Λιβὸς παρὰ Αὐρηλίας Διοσκοροῦτος Ἑρμαίου τοῦ καὶ Παθώτου μητρὸς Σουεροῦτος Κάστορος Ἑρμοπολίτιδος ἀναγραφομένης ἐπʼ ἀμφόδου Φρουρίου Λιβὸς συμπαρόντος μοι τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ὄντος καὶ ἀνδρὸς Θεογνώστου τοῦ καὶ Μώρου. ἀπογράφομαι κατὰ τὰ κελευσθέντα ὑπὸ τοῦ λαμ…