Declaration of birth of illegitimate twins by Sempronia Gemella TM 11979Alexandria, province of EgyptApril 29, 145 A.D.

[4] (Seals) of Marcus Vibius Pollio, Marcus Octavius Serenus, Lucius Aemilius Maximus, Lucius Caponius Saturninus, Gaius Aebutius Saturninus, Gaius Vibievius Crassus, Marcus Holconius Ampissus. Sempronia Gemella, with her guardian Gaius Iulius Saturninus authorizing, declared before those who were about to seal that on the 12th day before the Kalends of April last past (21 March) she gave birth, by an unknown father, to male twins, and that they are called Marcus Sempronius Sarapion and Marcus Sempronius Socration, sons of Spurius, [1] and she said that she had made this declaration for the reason that the Lex Aelia Sentia and the Lex Papia Poppaea forbid the registration of illegitimate sons or daughters in the official register. Concerning this matter two tablets were written to the same effect. Done at Alexandria by Egypt, on the 3rd day before the Kalends of May, in the consulship of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius for the 4th time and Marcus Aurelius Caesar for the 2nd time, in year 8 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, month Pachon, day 4. I, Sempronia Gemella, with my guardian Gaius Iulius Saturnilus, have made the declaration that two twin sons were born to me by an unknown father and that they have been named Marcus Sempronius Sarapion and Marcus Sempronius Socration, sons of Spurius, as stated above. I, Gaius Iulius Saturnilus, was registered as her guardian and wrote on her behalf, since she does not know letters. [2] Sempronia Gemella, with her guardian Gaius Iulius Saturninus authorizing, declared before those who were about to seal that on the 12th day before the Kalends of April last past she gave birth, by an unknown father, to male twins, and that they are called Marcus Sempronius Sarapion and Marcus Sempronius Socration, sons of Spurius, and she said that she had made this declaration for the reason that the Lex [3] Aelia Sentia and the Lex Papia Poppaea forbid the registration of illegitimate sons or daughters in the official register. Concerning this matter two tablets were written to the same effect. Done at Alexandria by Egypt, on the 3rd day before the Kalends of May, in the consulship of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius for the 4th time and Marcus Aurelius Caesar for the 2nd time, in year 8 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, month Pachon, day 4.