A sworn declaration addressed to the council of Antinoopolis by Aurelius Besammon and his wife Aurelia Petronia registering their 25-day-old twin sons, Aemilianus and Eudaimon, for Antinoite citizenship. It is dated in the first year of the usurper emperors Macrianus and Quietus, 17 September 260, and was found at Oxyrhynchus.
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To the most excellent council of the Antinoites, the New Hellenes, of the illustrious city,
from Marcus Aurelius Besammon son of Serenos, […]
aged about 37, living in the 3rd letter-quarter, block 10, and his wife Aurelia Petronia
[…] aged about 27, daughter of Eudaimon […] of the Paulinian (?) tribe, also called […], acting without a guardian by the right of children according to the customs of the Romans.
We swear by the Fortune of our lords Titus Fulvius Junius Macrianus and Titus Fulvius Junius Quietus, Augusti, and by the very great god Osirantinoos, that we register the aparche (first-fruits registration) of the twin sons born to us from each other, Marci Aurelii Aemilianus and Eudaimon, aged 25 days, presenting as guarantors of identity those who sign below.
Year 1 of the Emperors Caesars Titus Fulvius Junius Macrianus and Titus Fulvius Junius Quietus, Pii Felices Augusti, Thoth 20.
I, Aurelius Besammon, have registered the aparche of my sons as stated above. I, Aurelia Petronia, have registered the aparche of my sons as stated above. I, Aurelius Sarapammon son of Ammonarion, of the Sabinian tribe and Harmonian deme, wrote for her since she does not know letters. I, Aurelius Sarapammon […] son of Ammonios, of the Nervianian tribe and Genearchian deme, […] the children Aurelii Aemilianus [and Eudaimon, aged] 25 [days] as stated above. I, Aurelius Sara[…], of the Paulinian tribe and Homognian deme, […] [the children Aurelii Ae]milianus
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The aparche was the formal registration of newborn children of Antinoite citizens, securing their privileged status. Macrianus and Quietus were short-lived usurpers recognised in Egypt in 260-261.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sworn Declaration of Ἀπαρχή). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.