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
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.
p.gen.1.2ed.19
[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…