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Birth Certificate of Illegitimate Twins April 29, 145 A.D.Alexandria, province of Egypt
Description
Copy of the declaration of birth of illegitimate twins by their Roman mother; the father, though said to be "unknown", was probably either someone who could not get into marriage (a soldier), or someone who had a legal status lower than the mother (a local villager, for instance)
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 11979.
Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.
- A Birth Certificate of Illegitimate Twins HGV-meta Karanis (Arsinoites)29. Apr. 145
- p.mich.3.169 DDbDP-text textKaranis (Arsinoites)29. Apr. 145
Connections
Found at
Alexandria
Cross-references (5)
- TM-Text 11979 primary
- APIS-Text michigan.apis.2222 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;3;169 tier-1
- DDbDP-Text p.mich.3.- 16 tier-1
- HGV-Text 11979 tier-1
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