Fragmentary end of a declaration for epikrisis (status examination) from Oxyrhynchus, in which the declarant swears by Trajan that the facts are true and that Theon is his true son by birth, tracing descent through registers going back to Augustus' 34th year. Dated 4 February 117.
In English machine translation
[…] […]
[…] […] year of the god Vespasian […]
in the North quarter […] [in accordance with the proofs which he produced] that his grandfather […] [is in the]
list of the 34th year of the god Caesar [in the quarter] […] [And I swear by Emperor Caesar Nerva Trajan]
Optimus Augustus Germanicus [Dacicus Parthicus that the foregoing is true]
and that Theon is [my] son […] [by birth and not by adoption nor supposititious, nor]
[has used] the documents of others [or identity of name, or may I be liable to the oath. Year 20]
of Emperor Caesar [Nerva Trajan Optimus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus]
Parthicus, Mecheir 10.
Epikrisis was the official scrutiny confirming a youth's privileged status (e.g. gymnasial or metropolite class) by proving descent. Much of the oath formula is restored from parallel texts.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Epikrisiserklärung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.