Census returnAurelius Achillas PtolemaiosAPISoslo.apis.139(NoOU)139p.oslo.2.250177;2;25p.oslo;2;251255412554P.Oslo inv. 315Declaration of the family and possessions of AureliusPub. status: Recto, the Verso is blankGreek1 papyrus ; 9.1 x 22.5 cm.The light brown papyrus is complete, regularly cut on all side. There is no margin on the right side, the left is 2-2 1/2 cm. for lines 1-24, for the rest, 1/2 cm. The top and bottom margins are 1 1/2 cm.28Source of description: Recto217 A.D.Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptAurelius Achillas Ptolemaios, son of Chairemon and TaurisAurelia Tauris, mother of Aurelius Achillas PtolemaiosAurelius Dionysios, strategosAurelius Isidotos, laographosOrigenes, basilikos grammateus kai laographosAurelius LimnaiosAurelius SyrionCaesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Augustus, emperor
Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt
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To Aurelius Dionysios, strategos of the district of Herakleides in the Arsinoite nome, and to Aurelius Isidotos alias Origenes, the royal scribe of the same district, and to the laographoi of the village of Karanis. From Aurelius Achillas Ptolemaios, son of Chairemon, his mother being Tauris, from the village of Karanis. According to the instructions given I declare for the house-by-house census of the past year 24, myself and mine. And I am Achillas, 35 years old, and my mother, Aurelia Tauris, 60 years old. And I own: in the Eastern quarter one half of a house with courtyard, and from the father's side a fourth part of that same house, as well as a house with courtyard in the Northern quarter. Wherefore I submit a declaration.;(Second hand) Aurelius Ptolemaios, I got a duplicate for examination.;(Third hand) Aurelius Limnaios, I also received one.;(Fourth hand) Aurelius Syrion, I also received one.;(Fifth hand) In the first year of the Imperator Caesar Marcus Opellius Severus Macrinus Pius Felix Augustus.