Text concerning the Epikrisis of a Slave
A person, described in lines 6-7 of fragment A, has sworn an oath that he has handed over documents(?) for inspection by an official named Ligustius(?) Tullus, who is examining his slave (Dioskoros)
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Sworn declaration concerning the epikrisis of the slave Dioskoros TM 28815Unknown (Oxyrhynchus?)IInd century/IIIrd century A.D.
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Fragment of a sworn declaration made during an epikrisis (official status examination) of a slave named Dioskoros before an official called Ligustius Tullus. The declarant swears that documents were produced for inspection and describes himself by age and a scar on his left shin. It dates to the 2nd or 3rd century AD, possibly from Oxyrhynchus.
In English machine translation
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[...] for presentation to Ligustius Tullus, who is examining my slave Dioskoros, and that I have not used [...], or may I be liable to the oath. I am ... years old,
with a scar on the left shin [...]
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[...] through ... assistant [...]
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Epikrisis was an official examination verifying a person's legal status, here applied to a slave. The reading of the official's name Ligustius is uncertain, and the provenance is only conjectured as Oxyrhynchus.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Text Concerning the Epicrisis of a Slave). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.mich.15.708
[… ? lines lost …] …[…]…[…]…[…]…[…]υπ…[…] πρὸς ἐπίδειξιν Λιγουστίῳ Τούλλῳ ἐπικρίνοντί μου δοῦλον Διόσκορον καὶ μὴ … …[…]ριω κεχρῆσθαι ἢ ἔνοχος εἴην τῷ ὅρκῳ. εἰμὶ δὲ ἐτῶν … οὐλὴ ἀντικνημίῳ ἀριστερῷ […] δεε…ω α …ο…η…[…] νεις διὰ … ὑπηρέτου[…] […]. [… ? lines lost …]