A declaration of birth addressed to the quarter scribe Beitharion alias Demetrianos at Oxyrhynchus by Antiochos and Dionysios, asking that Dionysios' one-year-old son be registered for the first time at Antiochos' house in the Lykian Camp quarter. The child is recorded as of gymnasial descent and liable to the reduced 12-drachma poll tax, in year 23 of Caracalla (AD 214/215).
In English machine translation
Submitted.
To Beitharion also called Demetrianos, amphodogrammateus of the 3rd phyle, 2nd period,
from Antiochos son of Ptollion, his mother being Tkouis, and Dionysios son of Heraklas son of Thonis also called Theon, his mother being Thaesis, both from the city of Oxyrhynchus. We wish that there be registered for the first time, at the share of a house belonging to Antiochos in the Lykian Camp quarter, the son of Dionysios, P[…], his mother being
[…] daughter of […]
[…], a twelve-drachma payer of gymnasial descent, being 1 year old in the present 23rd year. Year 23 of Imperator
Caesar Marcus Aurelius
Severus Antoninus Parthicus
Maximus Britannicus Maximus
[…]
An amphodogrammateus was the scribe responsible for a city quarter; 'twelve-drachma' refers to the privileged metropolitan rate of poll tax at Oxyrhynchus. The child's name and mother are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Registration of Birth). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.