Census return of Stotoetis, priest of Soknopaios TM 9630Soknopaiu Nesos (Arsinoites)

A census return from Soknopaiou Nesos in the Fayum, in which Stotoetis the elder, a priest of the first phyle of the god Soknopaios, registers himself and his household for the house-by-house census of year 23 of the deified Antoninus Pius. It is addressed to the strategos, the royal scribe, the village scribe and the census officials.

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Year 23 of Antoninus Pius is AD 159/60, and the reference to the 'deified' emperor shows the return was filed after his death, so around AD 161. The laographoi were the village officials who kept the poll-tax registers.

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