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p.kellis.1.48 355Kellis (Oasis Magna)

Manumission of a Female Slave via HGV-meta

Manumission of the slave Hilaria by Aurelius Valerius. Copy of a deed by which Aurelius Valerius, a former magistrate of Mothis, frees his female slave Hilaria together with her personal savings, citing his Christian devotion. The act was witnessed by the reverend father Psekes and is dated to AD 355 at Kellis in the Dakhleh Oasis. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[r] ἀντίγραφον ἀπελευθερώσεως. Αὐρήλιος Οὐαλέριος Σαραπίωνος ἄρξας τῆς Μωθιτῶν πόλεως Ἱλαρίᾳ ἰδίᾳ μου χαίρειν. ὁμολογῶ διʼ ὑπερβολὴν χριστιανότητος ἀπελευθερωκέναι σε ὑπὸ Δία Γῆν Ἥλιον μετὰ καὶ τοῦ πεκουλίου σου καὶ εὔνοιαν τὴν πρός με πρὸς τὸ ἐντεῦθέν σε ἔχειν τὴν ἐλευθερίαν ἀνεπίληπτον ἀπὸ παντὸς ἐπιλημψομένου σοι εἰς ταύτην τὴν ἀπελευθέρωσιν διὰ τοῦ αἰδεσιμωτάτου πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ψεκῆτος[…] ναχων …[…]…[…]…[…] … […] κα γενέσθαι …[…]βουλει…[…]θέτως ἐξ…[…]… σεαυτῆς χ[…]…[…]νη. ἡ ἀπελευθέρωσις αὕτη κυρία ἔστω καὶ βεβαία καὶ ἔννομος πανταχοῦ ἐπιφερομένη καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα. μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν Κωνσταντίου Αὐγούστου τὸ ζ καὶ Κωνσταντίου τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτου Καίσαρος τὸ γ. Αὐρήλιος Οὐαλέριος ἄρξας ὁ προκείμενος ἐθέμην τὴν ἀπελευθέρωσιν ὡς πρόκειται καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα. Αὐρήλιος Ψεκῆς πρ ὁ προκείμενος παρὼν μαρτυρῶ. [v] ἀντίγραφον ἀπελευθερώσεως

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Copy of a manumission. Aurelius Valerius son of Sarapion, former magistrate of the city of the Mothites, to Hilaria, my own (slave), greetings. I acknowledge that, because of my exceeding Christian piety, I have set you free under Zeus, Earth and Sun, together with your peculium, and (because of) the goodwill you have shown towards me, so that from now on you have your freedom unchallenged by anyone who would lay claim against you in respect of this manumission, through our most reverend father Psekes […] […] […] to become […] […] of yourself […]. This manumission shall be valid and secure and lawful wherever it is produced, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. In the year after the consulship of Constantius Augustus for the 7th time and of Constantius the most illustrious Caesar for the 3rd time. I, Aurelius Valerius, former magistrate, the aforesaid, made the manumission as stated above, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. I, Aurelius Psekes, presbyter (?), the aforesaid, being present, bear witness. [verso] Copy of a manumission.

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Found at Kellis (Oasis Magna)

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