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Application to register a daughter, Aurelia Apia TM 16015Oxyrhynchos21. Juni 292

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Application by Aurelius Sarapion of Oxyrhynchus to have his 18-year-old daughter Aurelia Apia enrolled in the register of her age group, sworn with the oath customary among Romans. It is dated 21 June 292, under Diocletian and Maximian.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] [...] ... my daughter Aurelia Apia, who is in the present 8th and 7th year 18 years old. Therefore I submit this memorandum, asking that she be enrolled in the class of her peers, as is proper, and I swear the oath customary among Romans that I have not lied. Year 8 of Imperator Caesar Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus and year 7 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus, Germanici Maximi, Pii Felices Augusti, Pauni 27. I, Aurelius Sarapion, have submitted this and sworn the oath as stated above. (Quarter of) Pammenes' Garden: Apia, mother Isidora, 18 years old, natural daughter of Sarapion [...] [...]

Pammenes' Garden (Pammenous Paradeisou) was a named quarter of Oxyrhynchus. The 'class of her peers' refers to the register of persons of the same age and status.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Application to Register a Daughter). 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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p.oxy.43.3136

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 21. Juni 292 · Oxyrhynchos

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