One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 16888
Declarations of birth of a son and a daughter before the prefect TM 16888Alexandria26. Mai - 24. Juni 224
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Latin copies of declarations of birth made at Alexandria before the prefect of Egypt Marcus Aurelius Epagathus in the month Pauni of AD 224. In the first, Aurelius Marsus also called Serenus declares the birth of his son Marcus Aurelius Sarapion on 12 August 221; the second, very fragmentary, concerns a daughter.
In English machine translation
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In the consulship of Iulianus and Crispinus, in year 3 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, in the month Pauni, day […], at Alexandria by Egypt, before Marcus Aurelius Epagathus, prefect of Egypt.
[…] Aurelius Marsus also called Serenus […] declared that a son had been born to him, Marcus Aurelius Sarapion, […] and as he is styled […] his (?) on the day before the Ides of August which were in the consulship of Gratus and Seleucus.
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a daughter […]
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[…] of June which were […]
Such birth declarations (professiones) were made by Roman citizens to register legitimate children; the phrase 'and as he is styled' is written in Greek within the Latin text. The consuls Gratus and Seleucus date the birth to AD 221.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declarations of Birth in Latin). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.oxy.31.2565
[a] Iuliano et Crispino consulibus annoIII Imperatoris Caesaris Marci Aureli Severi Alexandri Pii Felicis Augusti mense Pauni die … Alexandriae ad Aegyptum apud Marcum Aurelium Epagathum praefectum Aegypti […]Aurelius Marsus qui et Serenus […]professus est sibi filium natum esse …