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Census return of Petsoraipis son of Hatres, farmer of Karanis TM 9556Karanis (Arsinoites)188 - 189

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A census return from Karanis in which the 57-year-old farmer Petsoraipis son of Hatres registers himself, his 13-year-old daughter and three fatherless female relatives for the census of year 28 (of Commodus). He also lists the houses, courtyards and shares of property he owns in the village.

In English machine translation

To […] of Karanis, from Petsoraipis son of Hatres son of Imouthes, his mother being Soeris daughter of Phanomgeus, from the village of Karanis. I have in the village a paternal house and courtyard in which I live, and I register myself and my household for the house-by-house census of the past year 28. And I am the aforementioned Petsoraipis, aged 57, farmer; and my daughter Soeris, her mother being Tapetheus, aged 13; and my kinswomen Ptolemais, fatherless, aged 25, and Tkoll…, her sister, fatherless, aged 15, and Thaesis, another fatherless one, aged 4. I also have another paternal house and courtyard, and a half share of another house and courtyard, and another house and courtyard at Karanis, and in another place […] courtyard […] of the daughter of my brother […] courtyard and a paternal courtyard […] 2 houses and a courtyard […] to the women around Ptolemais, fatherless, […] equally with me a house and courtyard.

Year 28 refers to the reign of Commodus (AD 187/188); "fatherless" (apator) marks persons of unknown or unregistered paternity. The addressee's name and the end of the property list are lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Zensus - Eingabe). 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 · 188 - 189 · Karanis (Arsinoites)

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