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Fragment of a household register from the Arsinoite nome, listing men by name, parentage, status and city quarter, together with the house shares they owned or rented. It dates to the 2nd century AD.
Epikekrimenos marks a man who had passed the scrutiny (epikrisis) for privileged status, while idiotes means a private person without such status. The meaning of the phrase translated 'according to the standard' is uncertain.
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.
δ Μένων Μαρείνου τοῦ Ἰσα[…]μητρὸς Ἑλένης τῆς Μένωνος ἐπικεκριμένος ἀπὸ Πλατείας ἐτῶν[…] οἰκίας ἥμισυ μέρος Θαήσεως ἐπικεκλημένης Χαριτοῦτος ἀπελευθέρας Διδύμης τῆς καὶ Ἰουλίας ἐν ᾧ ἔνοικοι· …υ πρὸς γνώμονα Εὐσεβὴς ἀπελεύθερος Ἑρμαΐσκου τοῦ Ἑρμαΐσκου ἰδιώτης ἐτῶν[…] Δεῖος Διοδώρου…
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