Opening of a census return addressed to Potamon, strategos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, by Pasion, a katoikos of Ptolemais Euergetis. He declares a house and courtyard in the quarter of Dionysios Topon owned jointly in equal shares by two freedpeople, Neilos and Sarapias, whose affairs he manages.
In English machine translation
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To Potamon, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division,
from Pasion also called […]dios, katoikos, registered in the quarter of Dionysios Topon. There belongs to those under my guardianship (?), Neilos, freedman of […] also called Neikandros son of Ant[…], and Sarapias, freedwoman of Mysthos also called […] Mystharion, jointly in equal shares […] a house and courtyard in the quarter of Dionysios Topon, in which the aforementioned Sarapias is registering by another memorandum […] for the house-by-house census […]
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This is the second column of a papyrus with two census returns; the number 66 at the top is a sheet number from a filed roll. The katoikoi were a privileged settler class of Greek descent; Pasion's role as manager rests on a restoration.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Two Census Returns). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.