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A certificate of sacrifice (libellus) from the persecution under the emperor Decius, AD 250, submitted by Aurelia and her daughter Atous of the village of Philagris to the sacrifice commissioners. They declare they have always sacrificed to the gods and have now done so in the commissioners' presence, and two officials, Aurelius Serenos and Aurelius Hermas, certify that they witnessed it.
Such libelli were required of inhabitants under Decius' edict ordering universal sacrifice to the gods; the lost end probably contained the date. The mother's name is 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 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 Ε…[…]…ς ἅμα τῇ θυγατρὶ Ἀτοῦδι ἀπὸ κώμης Φιλαγρίδος. ἀεὶ θύουσαι τοῖς θεοῖς διετελέσαμεν καὶ νῦν ἐπὶ παρόντων ὑμῶν κατὰ τὰ προσταχθέντα ἐθύσαμεν καὶ ἐσπείσαμεν καὶ τῶν ἱερείων ἐγευσάμεθα καὶ ἀξιοῦμεν ὑμᾶς ὑποσημειώσασθαι. διευτυχεῖτε. Αὐ…
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