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The end of a sworn declaration submitted by a woman, Aurelia Herakleia, who swears by the fortune of the emperor Severus Alexander that she has not lied. It is dated 29 January 224, and a man named Aurelius Paseirion signed for her because she was illiterate.
The body of the declaration is lost, so its subject is unknown. The participle chrēmatizousa normally introduces a legal status (often 'acting without a guardian by the right of children'), but the phrase appears truncated here.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] τεν[…] καὶ ὀμνύω τὴν Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀλεξάνδρου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου τύχην μὴ διεψεῦσθαι. ἔτους γ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀλεξάνδρου Εὐσεβοῦς Εὐτυχοῦς Σεβαστοῦ, Μεχεὶρ γ. Αὐρηλία Ἡρακλεία χρηματίζουσα ἐπιδέδωκα καὶ ὀμώμοκα τὸν ὅρκ…
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