Application for epikrisis (status examination) TM 28565unbekanntII

Fragment of an application for epikrisis, the official examination establishing a person's status for poll-tax purposes, written in the 2nd century AD. It mentions the emperor Trajan, the deified Vespasian, the keepers of the public records, a sworn oath, and several individuals identified by their mothers' names, with the declaration written by a scribe for someone who was illiterate.

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Epikrisis was the Roman-period examination of a person's status and age, here apparently concerning registration among those liable to the poll tax (laographia). The restoration 'to those registered for poll tax' is the editor's supplement.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Epikrisiseingabe). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.