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Census return of Tnepheros and her children at Kerkesoucha TM 9487Philadelphia (Arsinoites)118 - 119

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A census return submitted to Horion, village scribe of Kerkesoucha, by the woman Tnepheros with her kinsman Theon as guardian, for the census of Hadrian's year 2. She registers herself, her 10-year-old son, who owns the house where they live, and her daughters. It dates to AD 118-119.

In English machine translation

30 To Horion, village scribe of Kerkesoucha, from Tnepheros daughter of Papontos, from the aforesaid village, with her guardian, her kinsman Theon son of Aphrodisios. There belongs to my minor son Pnepheros son of Ptollis son of Pnepheros, in the same village, a house and courtyard near the Boubastion quarter, in which I live, and I register myself and my household for the house-by-house census of the past year 2 of Hadrian Caesar the lord. I am Tnepheros daughter of Papontos, 30 years old, without distinguishing marks, and my aforementioned son Pnepheros son of Ptollis son of Pnepheros, 10 years old, without distinguishing marks, and my daughters, full sisters on the father's side (?) of my son Pnepheros, […] Aphrodisia, 8 years old, without distinguishing marks, and […]anion, […] years old, without distinguishing marks. I, Tnepheros daughter of Papontos, with my guardian, my kinsman Theon son of Aphrodisios, have submitted this, as stated above. I, Theon, wrote also on behalf of Tnepheros, who does not know letters. 8

The return is addressed to the scribe of Kerkesoucha, though the records give Philadelphia as provenance. The numbers 30 at the top and 8 at the bottom are probably filing or sheet numbers.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Zensuseingabe). 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 · 118 - 119 · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

λ Ὡρίωνι κωμογραμματεῖ Κερκεσούχων παρὰ Τνεφερῶτος τῆς Παποντῶτος ἀπὸ τῆς προκειμένης κώμης μετὰ κυρίου τοῦ συνγενοῦς Θέωνος τοῦ Ἀφροδισίου. ὑπάρχει τῷ ἀφήλικί μου υἱῷ Πνεφερῶτι Πτόλλιδος τοῦ Πνεφερῶτος ἐν τῆι αὐτῇ κώμῃ οἰκία καὶ αὐλὴ πλησίον τοῦ Βουβαστίου ἀμφοδίου, ἐν ᾗ καταγίν…