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Declaration by a veteran of the 22nd legion concerning his wife Herais TM 13022Philadelphia (Arsinoites)87 - 88

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Fragmentary Latin declaration made at Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome by a veteran discharged from the 22nd legion, concerning a woman named Herais with whom the emperor had granted him lawful marriage. It is dated in the consulship of Domitian (13th) and Lucius Volusius Saturninus, year 7 of Domitian (AD 87).

In English machine translation

[In the consulship of Imperator Caesar Do]mitianus Augustus German[icus for the 13th time and Lucius Volusius] [Saturninus], in year 7 of Imperator Caesar Domi[tianus Augustus Germanicus], [in the month …], on day 3, in the Arsinoite nome, [in] the village of Phil[adelphia] […] […, dis]charged from the 22nd legion, testified that […] […] Herais, with whom the most excellent Emper[or granted him the right of legal marriage (?)] [on the 5th day before the Ides of September (?)], which was in year 7 of Imperator Caesar [Domitianus Augustus] [Germanicus, in the sam]e consulship, in the month Sebastos, day 11 […]

Conubium was the legal right of marriage under Roman law, granted to veterans at discharge; the word and the Roman date in line 6 are editorial restorations. The month Sebastos corresponds to the Egyptian Thoth, named in honour of the emperor.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declaration by a Veteran). 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 · 87 - 88 · Philadelphia (Arsinoites)

Imperatore Caesare Domitiano Augusto Germanico xiii et Lucio Uolusio Saturninoconsulibus, anno vii Imperatoris Caesaris Domitiani Augusti Germanici mense[…]die iii, nomo Arsinoite, uico Philadelphia[…] […]missus ex legione xxii testatus est quod …[…] […] Heraide cum qua sibi opti…