54 WALTER SCHEIDEL
30 -- Death declarations. (n=82)
25.. - -- Census returns
(n=290)
20
15
Z 10
5
1-- 26- 51- 76- 101- 126- 151- 176- 201- 226- 251- 276- 301- 326
25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 +
Years
Fig. 1 Chronological distribution of death declarations and census returns
Much the same is true for their geographical provenance. As
usual, over three-quarters of these texts come from the Fayum, all
but one of the others from the Oxyrhynchite nome (Table 1). The
month of death is recorded in sixty-four cases. Forty-nine
documents recording the date of filing are known, two-thirds of
them from the Fayum (Table 2).3
Table 1: Reported months of death
Month Arsinoites Oxyrhynchites Other Total
Thoth 3 - - 3
Phaophi 7 4 - 11
Hathyr 2 3 - 5
3 These tabulations draw on the data collected by Casarico and MolyviatiToptsi, superseding the presentation in Brashear, 7.
