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Copy of an epikrisis record concerning slaves of the veteran Marcus Aemilius TM 18492unbekannt

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Copy of an extract from the records of status examinations (epikrisis) held under the prefect Marcus Rutilius Lupus in the reign of Trajan. It concerns Roman veterans and Alexandrians presenting documents, in particular the slaves Agathemeros and Epagathos of the veteran Marcus Aemilius, formerly of the ala Apriana, from the Arsinoite nome, with references to census returns of Trajan's year 7.

In English machine translation

[recto] [Copy. From the roll of examinations (epikriseis) of Marcus] Rutilius [Lupus], former ⟦prefect of Egypt⟧, [of which the heading is: the undermentioned] Roman [veter]ans and Alexandrians and […] and others referred by […] presented themselves for examination […] of the most excellent prefect from Mecheir 26 […] of Trajan Caesar the lord until the same […]. The documents of title which they submitted to Cassius […]lus, procurator of Augustus, [are set beside] each [name] […] of the Arsinoite nome, slaves of Marcus Aemilius […] Epagathos […] the aforementioned […] of the eklogistes (?), among other things, thus […] documents […] Herakleides, Marcus Aemilius […] requested (?) […] the undermentioned […] year 7 of Trajan Caesar […] at Memphis to be referred […] I give, so that whatever [seems good to you], lord, […] […] Agathemeros, in his nineteenth (year) […] […] Epagathos, likewise, aged eleven […] [The master of the] slaves, Aemilius Marcus, [presented] his own examination […] of the official in charge of the idios logos in year 8 […] having served in the ala Apriana […] house-by-house census return made […] in the seventh year [of Trajan] Caesar […] the 3 aforementioned slaves of Aemilius […] two of home-born status for himself before the […] one of Agathemeros […] born of a slave-girl […] Aemilii […] Justus, the three […] nor the accounts nor […] Rutilius Lupus, former ⟦prefect⟧ ⟦of Egypt⟧ […] of name […] and in the name of Epagathos twelve […] prefect of the fleet, of the note […] [… 1 line lost …] [verso] [… 6 lines lost …]

Epikrisis was the official examination verifying a person's legal status, here including slaves of a Roman veteran. Rutilius Lupus was prefect c. AD 113-117, so the hearing falls late in Trajan's reign.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Epikrisis - Verhandlung). 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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