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Notification of the death of Theon to the city scribes of Oxyrhynchus TM 78577Oxyrhynchos15. Dez. 74

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A notification of death addressed to the city scribes of Oxyrhynchus by Nikias son of Theon, reporting that his father Theon, registered in the Temgenouthis quarter, died the previous year and asking that his name be entered among the deceased. It is sworn by the emperor Vespasian and dated 15 December AD 74.

In English machine translation

To Diogenes and Apollophanes, scribes of the city of Oxyrhynchus, from Nikias son of Theon, of those from the city of Oxyrhynchus. My aforementioned (?) father Theon son of Nikion, registered in the Temgenouthis quarter, died in the past year; therefore I ask that he be recorded among the deceased, as is done in similar cases, and I swear by Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus that the foregoing statements are true. (2nd hand) I, Diogenes, have signed. (1st hand?) Year 7 of Imperator Caesar Vespasian Augustus, Choiak 19.

Such notices allowed the deceased to be removed from the tax rolls, ending liability for poll tax. The phrase 'aforementioned' renders a formulaic participle meaning roughly 'the father indicated (here)'.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Notification of Death). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.oxy.65.4478

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

Διογένει καὶ Ἀπολλοφάνει γραμματεῦσι Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως παρὰ Νικίου τοῦ Θέωνος τῶν ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως. ὁ σημαινόμενός μου πατὴρ Θέων Νικίωνος ἀπογραφόμενος ἐπʼ ἀμφόδου Τεμγενούθεως ἐτελεύτησεν τῷ διεληλυθότι ἔτει· διὸ ἀξιῶ ἀναγράψεσθαι τοῦτον ἐν τοῖς τετελευτηκόσι ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν ὁμοί…