c.pap.gr.2.1.69
[… ? lines lost …] ἐν τῇ τῶντετελευτηκότων τάξει ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν ὁμοίων. τῷ κωμογραμματεῖ· ἐξέτασον. εἰ ταῖς ἀληθείαις ὁ προγεγραμμένος ἐτελεύτησεν, τὸ ἐπὶ τῶν ὁμοίων ἀκόλουθον ἐπιτέλει ὡς πρός σε τοῦ λόγου […] [… ? lines lost …]
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 26764
Notice of death with instruction to the village scribe TM 26764ArsinoitesII - III
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Fragment of a notice of death from the Arsinoite nome, preserving the end of the request that the deceased be entered in the list of the dead, and an official's instruction to the village scribe to verify the death and act as in similar cases.
In English machine translation
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[… in the list of the] deceased, as [in similar cases.]
[To the village scribe]: examine.
[If in] truth the aforementioned man has died, [carry out what is] consistent with [similar cases], as [the account will be required] of you.
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Death notices were submitted so that the deceased could be removed from the poll-tax registers; the subscription ordering the village scribe to check the claim is a standard formula, which is why most of it can be restored.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Todesanzeige). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.