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Sworn declaration registering a son as citizen of Antinoopolis TM 17191Antinoopolis (?)208 - 209

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A sworn declaration by Apollonios son of Sarapion, a citizen of Antinoopolis enrolled in a deme and an ephebic group, and his wife Isidora, registering their son with the city and stating they have no other children. It is dated year 17 of Septimius Severus and Caracalla (AD 208-209).

In English machine translation

[Apollonios son of Sarapion also called …]ous, of the Neokosmian deme also called Althaieus, one of those who were ephebes in year 8, [...] of symmoria 139, symmoriarch, [and Isidora …], citizen woman, with my guardian Appianos, we swear [by the] fortune [of Severus and Antoninus Caesars the] lords that there is registered as the first-fruit(?) of [our son born …] … of eleven [years?] and twenty-nine days, in accordance with […]; [we declared that we have no] other children, and we have provided as witnesses of identity […]atyros(?) in the [quarter] of Tryphaina. Year 17 [of Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax] Arabicus Adiabenicus Parthicus Maximus [and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augusti. Apol]lonios son of Sarapion […]rion […] and on behalf of Isidora, who does not know letters, [I, Apollonios, have] sworn the [oath].

Neokosmios and Althaieus are tribe and deme names of Antinoopolis; the symmoria was an ephebic or civic division. The word aparche ('first-fruit') here refers to the formal registration of a child, of uncertain precise sense.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Affidavit of Registration). 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 · 208 - 209 · Antinoopolis (?)

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