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Archive keepers' reports on property wrongly assigned to namesakes TM 28210ArsinoitesMitte II
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An official extract from property-record reports in the Arsinoite nome, mid-2nd century AD. For two men, the archive keepers note property registered under their names from declarations of Domitian's reign, but the village scribe states that each property actually belongs to a namesake: a house at Kerkesoucha Orous and a 2-aroura share of vineyard land.
In English machine translation
Papontos the elder, son of Auneies son of Auneies {son of Auneies}, his mother being Tapontos, aged […], concerning whom the keepers of the archives reported as follows: "We declare that there is recorded in the register of the village Papontos son of Auneies son of Auneies as purchaser, having in his declaration in the […] year of Domitian in the village of Kerkesoucha Orous a house and courtyard and all appurtenances." And the village scribe likewise declared that the aforesaid property does not belong to the above-written man, but to his namesake Papontos the younger, son of Auneies son of Auneies, his mother being Tapontos.
We declare that the village scribe of Kerkesoucha Orous ought to report on this, because the property there has been declared.
Herakleides son of Kronion son of Kronion, his mother being Taorsis, aged 6[…], concerning whom the keepers of the archives declared as follows: "We declare that there is recorded in the register of the village {of the village} Herakles son of Kronion son of Kronion as purchaser, having in his declaration in the 12th year of Domitian […] a share of vineyard land of 2 arouras." Concerning this the village scribe likewise declared that the said property does not belong to the above-written man, but to his namesake whose mother is S[…].
We declare the aforesaid: the share of vineyard land of 2 arouras does not belong to the registered man, but to his namesake whose mother is S[…] […]
The bibliophylakes were keepers of the property record office (bibliotheke enkteseon); diastroma is the register of holdings kept per person. The text seems to concern checking assets of men, perhaps for liturgical nomination.
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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