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Epikrisis declaration for a house-born slave reaching age 13 TM 23483Oxyrhynchos172 - 173

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A declaration submitted at Oxyrhynchus by Apollonios son of Eutychides for the official examination (epikrisis) of his house-born slave Sarapion, who had turned 13, to confirm his status for the reduced 12-drachma poll-tax rate of metropolites. Apollonios co-owns the slave with his sister Helene and swears an oath by the emperor Marcus Aurelius; it dates to AD 172-173.

In English machine translation

Submitted. From Apollonios son of Eutychides also called Horion, son of Apollonios, his mother being Tereus daughter of Athenaios, from the city of Oxyrhynchus. In accordance with the orders concerning the examination (epikrisis) of those reaching the age of 13 years, whether they are metropolites assessed at 12 drachmas, there was registered in the Dekate quarter Sarapion, a house-born slave belonging to me and to my full sister Helene also called Athenais, formerly belonging to the father of us both, Eutychides also called Horion, born of the slave woman Leda, who reached the age of 13 in the past year 12. Therefore, presenting myself for his examination, I declare that he is assessed at 12 drachmas and that I likewise am assessed at 12 drachmas, being registered in the poll-tax list of the same past year 12 in the same quarter, and I swear by the fortune of our lord Aurelius Antoninus Caesar that I have not lied. Year 13 of Imperator […] […]

Epikrisis was the scrutiny of status for privileged groups; 'twelve-drachma' metropolites paid poll tax at a reduced rate of 12 drachmas, and their slaves shared the status. The end, with the full date and signatures, is lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Eine Epikrisis - Eingabe aus Oxyrhynchos). 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 · 172 - 173 · Oxyrhynchos

παρετέθη παρὰ Ἀπολλωνίου Εὐτυχίδου τοῦ καὶ Ὡρίωνος Ἀπολλωνίου μητρὸς Τερεῦτος Ἀθηναίου ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως. κατὰ τὰ κελευσθέντα περὶ ἐπικρίσεως τῶν προσβαινόντων εἰς τρεισκαιδεκαετεῖς, εἰ μητροπολῖται δωδεκάδραχμοί εἰσιν, ἐτάγη ἐπʼ ἀμφόδου Δεκάτης Σαραπίων οἰκογενὴς δοῦλός μου κ…