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Certificate of sacrifice of Aurelius Amois with his mother and sister TM 17912Thosbis (Oxyrhynchites)25. Juni - 24. Juli 250

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A libellus, or certificate of sacrifice, from the persecution under the emperor Decius: Aurelius Amois of the village of Thosbis declares to the local sacrifice commissioners that he, his mother Taamois and his sister Taarpaesis have sacrificed, poured libations and tasted the offerings, and asks them to certify it. It dates to the month Epeiph of Decius' first year (June to July AD 250).

In English machine translation

[recto] To those appointed in charge of the sacrifices of the village of Thosbis, from Aurelius Amois, styled as having the mother Taamois, from the village of Thosbis. I have always continued sacrificing and pouring libations to the gods, and now also in your presence, in accordance with the orders, I have sacrificed and poured libations and tasted the sacred offerings together with my mother Taamois and my sister Taarpaesis; I ask you to certify this very thing for me. Year 1 of Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius Pius Felix Augustus, Epeiph […] I, Aurelius Amois, have submitted (this). I, Aurelius […]ion, wrote on behalf of […] [verso] Declaration of Amoitas, mother Taamois.

Decius' edict of AD 249/250 required inhabitants of the empire to sacrifice before commissioners and obtain a signed certificate; the officials' countersignature is lost here. The docket on the back gives the name in the form Amoitas.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Certificate of Sacrifice). 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.58.3929

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 25. Juni - 24. Juli 250 · Thosbis (Oxyrhynchites)

[r] τοῖς ἀναδοθεῖσι ἐπὶ θυσιῶν κώμης Θώσβεως παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Ἀμόϊτος χρηματίζοντος μητρὸς Τααμόϊτος ἀπὸ κώμης Θώσβεως. ἀεὶ μὲν θύων καὶ σπένδων τοῖς θεοῖς διετέλουν, ἐπεὶ δὲ καὶ νῦν ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν κατὰ τὰ κελευσθέντα ἔθυσα καὶ ἔσπεισα καὶ τῶν ἱερείων ἐγευσάμην ἅμα τῇ μητρί μου Τααμόϊ…