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Extract from a register of examinations concerning the veteran Marcus Lucretius Clemens TM 10714Arsinoites

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Extract from the register of status examinations held by the former prefect of Egypt Flavius Titianus in year 17 of Hadrian, concerning the veteran cavalryman Marcus Lucretius Clemens. He proved his honourable discharge after 26 years of service with a copy of a bronze diploma from Rome, a statement from record-keepers and three veteran witnesses, to secure status for himself and his children in the Arsinoite nome.

In English machine translation

From the register of examinations (epikriseis) of Flavius Titianus, former prefect, whose heading is: Examinations of Flavius Titianus, former prefect, from […] to […] […]6 of year 17 of the deified Hadrian, through Antonius Rou[…], after other matters, column 13. Marcus Lucretius Clemens, wishing to reside temporarily in the Arsinoite nome, aged […], and children Octavius, aged […], Lucretius, aged […], Serenus, aged […]. Clemens produced a bronze tablet, a copy of a bronze stele set up in Rome, by which it was shown that he had served in the army and had been honourably discharged, reading as follows: […] […] in the consulship of […] and Marcus […] Pollio […] of the Syrians, of which the prefect is Lucius Novellius […] from the cavalrymen, to Marcus Lucretius Clemens son of Marcus, and to Octavius his son and Lucretius his son and Serenus his son and Lucretia his daughter; and he also submitted a statement of Classicus and Ada[…], record-keepers, by which it was shown that he had served in the army for 26 years and had been discharged with lawful discharge. Clemens also provided as guarantors of identity 3 veterans, […], Valerius Paulus, Julius Crispus, who signed jointly with him that he had used no one else's document. And of the note of Flavius Titianus, former prefect, on the aforementioned name of Lucretius Clemens, forty-eight […] […] Lucretius […] […]

Epikrisis was the official examination verifying privileged status, here that of a discharged auxiliary veteran and his family. The quoted diploma text is badly damaged, so consuls and unit (a cohort or ala of Syrians) are only partly preserved.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Extrait d’un registre des epicriseis). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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