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Declaration for the status examination of Isidoros, son of Heron and Thaubarion TM 11217Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)23. Aug. 148

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A declaration submitted by Heron and his divorced wife Thaubarion to the examining officials of the Arsinoite metropolis, asking that their son Isidoros, now thirteen, be examined for privileged status. They cite the census registrations of themselves and their son as proof; an examiner signs off on the verso-docketed document, dated 23 August 148.

In English machine translation

[recto] To Tyrannos also called Isidoros and Ninnos also called Chrysippos, former gymnasiarchs, examiners (epikritai), from Heron son of Souchion son of Diodoros, his mother being Hermione, and from his former and divorced wife Thaubarion daughter of Heron son of Heron, both registered, Heron in the Hellenion quarter, and Thaubarion in the quarter of the Bithynians, Other Places, with her guardian Heron. Since our son by each other, Isidoros, has reached the age of thirteen in the present 11th year of Antoninus Caesar the lord and must undergo examination, we have set out below the proofs of status. I, Heron, was registered in the census of the 2nd year of the deified Hadrian in the Phanesios quarter, and in the house-by-house census of the 16th year of the deified Hadrian and that of the 9th year of Antoninus Caesar the lord in the Hellenion quarter, registering along with me in the census of the 9th year also my son Isidoros who is being examined. And I, Thaubarion, was registered in the census of the 16th year and of the 9th year in the quarter of the Bithynians, Other Places. Our son Isidoros who is being examined we both registered among those born subsequently in the 6th year of Antoninus Caesar the lord in the Hellenion quarter. My parents, Thaubarion's, were registered in the census of the 2nd year, when I had not yet been born, in the quarter of the Bithynians, Other Places. I, Ninnos also called Chrysippos, former gymnasiarch, through Ammonios the secretary, have signed for Isidoros son of Heron son of Souchion, his mother being Thaubarion. Year 11 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, Mesore 30. [verso] Examination of Isidoros.

Epikrisis was the official examination at age 13-14 that confirmed a boy's hereditary privileged status (here the metropolitan class), entitling him to a reduced poll-tax rate.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Déclaration pour l’epikrisis d’un éphèbe). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 23. Aug. 148 · Ptolemais Euergetis (Arsinoites)

[r] Τυράννῳ τῷ καὶ Ἰσιδώρῳ καὶ Νίννωι τῷ καὶ Χρυσίππῳ γεγυμνασιαρχηκόσιν ἐπικριταῖς παρὰ Ἥρωνος Σουχίωνος τοῦ Διοδώρου, μητρὸς Ἑρμιόνης, καὶ τῆς γενομένης καὶ ἀποπεπληγμένης αὐτοῦ γυναικὸς Θαυβαρίου τῆς Ἥρωνος τοῦ Ἥρωνος, ἀμφοτέρων ἀναγραφομένων τοῦ μὲν Ἥρωνος ἐπʼ ἀμφόδου Ἑλληνεί…