One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 18095

Sworn declaration with subscription of the censitor Hierax TM 18095unbekannt

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Fragment of a sworn declaration from Roman Egypt, ending with an oath by the emperors Diocletian and Maximianus and the Caesars, the statement that the declarant has not lied, and a date in Epeiph of year 19. A scribe wrote for the illiterate declarant, and the census official (censitor) Hierax added his signature.

In English machine translation

[…] […] I swear by the […] of […] and Maximianus […] […] not to have lied. Year 19 […] […] of […] Maximianus Augusti and Constantius […] […] Caesars, Epeiph 1 […] Iuni[…] […] I wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. Aurelius […] […] Hierax, censitor, I have signed […] […]

A censitor was a late Roman census official, so this is probably a declaration made for the tetrarchic census. The regnal year 19 of Diocletian with Constantius as Caesar points to AD 302/303.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declaration on Oath). 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

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