One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 5436

Register of taxpayers with wives and brothers TM 5436157 or 156 B.C.?

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A fragmentary register of taxpayers listing men by name and patronymic, followed by their wives and brothers. It probably dates to 157 or 156 BC in Ptolemaic Egypt.

In English machine translation

[fragment 1] [column 1] […] son of Teos […] Tarmouthis, wife […] son of Teos […] wife […] son of Ptolemaios […] wife […][…]oph…pome […]…naros, wife […]… son of Petenephremmis […]…eus, wife […] Petermouthis […] son of Petesouchos (traces) […] [column 2] (traces) Psenechotis son of Phanemieus Tnepheros, wife Phanemieus, the brother To…[…] son of …eus Soeris, wife Phathemis, the brother Horos the younger, son of Horos Esersythis, wife Harpaesis son of Petobastis Tarmouthis, wife Petoys son of Marres Taubastis, wife Haryotes son of Teos Artemidoros, the brother Phatres, the brother …[…] Petabthis, the brother […] [column 3] Paglos Thaibis, wife Haryotes son of Pete…erth[…] Thasis, wife Haryotes son of Pan…[…] Harpaesis son of Phar…[…] Esenremphis, wife Petosiris son of Petep… Peteesis son of Komoapis […] Tanouphis, wife ⟦Tsenthotomous⟧ […] Thotortaios …[…] Har…ys son of Teos […] wife […] Kalatytis …[…] Tagos, wife Serepis …[…] Harsythes […] [fragment 2] Antlytis Tmouchis, wife

Such household lists of men, wives and brothers were typically compiled for the Ptolemaic salt tax and related capitation taxes.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as List of tax-payers.). 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 · 157 or 156 B.C.?

[fragment 1] [column 1] […]Τέωτος […]Τάρμουθις γυνή […] Τέωτος […]γυνή […] Πτολεμαίου […] γυνή […][…]οφ…πομε […]…ναρως γυνή […]… Πετενεφρέμμιος […]…ευς γυνή […] Πετέρμουθις […] Πετεσούχου vestig….lin [… ? lines lost …] [column 2] vestig Ψενέχωτις Φανεμιέους Τνεφέρως γυνή Φανεμιεὺ…