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Population list arranged by dwellings TM 27590Philadelphia (Arsinoites)II

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A fragmentary list of inhabitants, apparently arranged by dwelling, recording fractional shares of houses and courtyards and the people living in them, with their parents and siblings. It comes from Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome and dates to the 2nd century AD.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] […] […] […] Sarapion also called Zosimos, son of Sarapion […] […] 1/5 share of a courtyard of Agathos Daimon son of […] […] of Heron son of Souchion, freedman […] […] mother Helene, returning (?) from abroad […] […] […] to […] […] […] […] 1/3 share of a courtyard of Soteris daughter of Sarapion […] […] of Artemidoros son of Horion, mother […] […]rion, son, mother Sarapous […] […] another son of the same mother […] […], brother of Horion, of the same mother […] […]ion, another brother of the same mother […] […] share of a 1/6 share […] […] of Heron son of Heron […] […] in the courtyard, adjoining (?) […] […] of the brothers, farmstead (?) […] […] son of Ammonios son of D[…], mother Sa[…] […] of Demetria daughter of Tryphon, farmstead […] […] son of Pasion son of Herakleides […] […] brother of the same mother […] […] brother, another brother of the same mother […] [… lines lost …]

The arrangement by property shares (1/5, 1/3, 1/6 of a courtyard) suggests a census-type register; the term epoikion denotes a farmstead or hamlet outside the village proper.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Bevölkerungsliste, nach Wohnungen geordnet?). 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 · II · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

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