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A certificate of sacrifice (libellus) from the Decian persecution, in which Aurelia Talimmis and her daughter Sous declare to the sacrifice commissioners that they have always sacrificed to the gods and have now sacrificed, poured libations and tasted the offerings. Two officials, Aurelius Serenos and Aurelius Hermas, certify that they witnessed it. It comes from Theadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, AD 250.
Such libelli were required under Emperor Decius's edict ordering all inhabitants to sacrifice to the gods. The lost lines at the end probably contained the date.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Libelli Libellaticorum aus der Decianischen Christenverfolgung 250 n. Chr.). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
τοῖς ἐπὶ τῶν θυσιῶν ᾑρημένοις παρὰ Αὐρηλίας Ταλίμμεως καὶ Σοῦ θυγατρός. ἀεὶ θύουσαι τοῖς θεοῖς διετελέσαμεν καὶ νῦν ἐπὶ παρόντων ὑμῶν κατὰ τὰ προσταχθέντα ἔθυσα καὶ ἔσπεισα καὶ τῶν ἱερείων ἐγευσάμην καὶ ἀξιῶ ὑμᾶςὑποσημειώσασθαι. διευτυχεῖτε. Αὐρήλιοι Σερῆνος καὶ Ἑρμᾶς εἴδαμεν ὑμᾶ…
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