Soldier's sworn birth attestation for his natural son Serenus TM 15712Contrapollonopolis1. Mai 127

[outer text] Marcus Lucretius Clemens, cavalryman of the First Cohort of Thracians, troop of Silvanus, called to witness those who were about to seal, and swore by Jupiter Best and Greatest and the divine spirits of the deified Emperors and the genius of Imperator Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, that a natural son, Serenus, had been born to him during his military service from Octavia Tamusta on the 7th day before the Kalends of May in year 11 of Imperator Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus. [He said that he had made this attestation because of the constraints of military service] [inner text] so that after his honourable discharge he may be able to prove at his examination (epikrisis) that his son is his natural son. Done in the winter camp of the above-written cohort opposite Apollonospolis Magna of the Thebaid, on the Kalends of May in the above-written year. [outer text] Gaius Antonius Maximus, keeper of arms, century of Farsuleius Marcus Arrius Antonius, troop of Rufus Gaius Barga, soldier, century of Farsuleius Gaius Iulius Marcellus, cornicularius, [century of] […] Tharseas son of Bammogaeus, century of Sulla Numerius son of Alexaeus, century of Longus Marcus Lucretius Clemens […]