Memorandum Petalos, son of Pasion APIS michigan.apis.3152 (MiU)3152 jra.suppl.3.195 jra.suppl;3;195 92843 92843 P.Mich.inv. 888 This memorandum was found together in the same archive nas the year ledger (P.Mich. inv. 876 recto), part of the papers assembled by the collector of poll tax and other capitation taxes in the Fayyum village of Philadelphia during the Julio-Claudian period. It is a declaration of death directed to the scribe of the village. The fact that this notice and four other were found among the papers of the local tax collector underscores the notion that their purpose was to remove defunct taxpayers from the list of those liable to poll tax and relieve the dead man's relatives from pressures by collectors. Location: Ann Arbor Pub. status: Recto; Verso is blank Greek 1 papyrus ; 8 x 9.5 cm 9 lines Source of description: Recto

Written by a practised hand. It seems likely that the declarant approached an experienced writer, familiar with the format of such declarations, and enlisted his or her help in drafting the declaration of death for a brother who had died.

 41-54 A.D. Philadelphia, Herakleidou division, Arsinoite nome, Egypt Tryphon, komogrammateus Petalos, son of Pasion, brother of Adrastos Adrastos, son of Pasion (?), brother of Petalos

Philadelphia, Herakleidou division, Arsinoite nome, Egypt

 APIS keywords are controlled locally at the institution level. They are not necessarily consistent. English Greek Philadelphia, Herakleidou division, Arsinoite nome, Egypt Death notices--Philadelphia (Egypt : Extinct city) Brothers--Philadelphia (Egypt : Extinct city) Scribes--Philadelphia (Egypt : Extinct city) Poll tax--Philadelphia (Egypt : Extinct city) Documentary Papyrus
To Tryphon komogrammateus of Philadelphia, from Petalos, son of Pasion from the same village. My brother Adrastos who paid the poll tax at that village died...
Hanson AE, JRA supplement 3, 194-195, 1991

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