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Certified copy of the birth declaration of Herennia Gemella TM 78515Alexandria, province of EgyptAugust 13, 128 A.D.

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A certified copy, written on wax tablets, of the birth declaration of a Roman citizen girl, Herennia Gemella, daughter of Gaius Herennius Geminianus and Diogenis Thermoutharion. The copy was made at Alexandria from the official register posted in the Forum of Augustus and was witnessed by seven Roman citizens.

In English machine translation

[Page 2] In the consulship of Lucius Nonius Torquatus Asprenas for the second time and Marcus Annius Libo, on the Ides of April, in year 12 of Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, month Pharmuthi, day 18, at Alexandria by Egypt. Copied and checked from the register of declarations of the births of children, which register was posted in the Forum of Augustus, in which was written what is written below: "In the consulship of Marcus Claudius Squilla Gallicanus and Titus Atilius Rufus Titianus, in year 12 of Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Titus Flavius Titianus being prefect of Egypt: declarations of children accepted without examination of cases." [Page 3] Tablet 8, page 2, written in larger letters: "In the consulship of Lucius Nonius Torquatus Asprenas for the second time and Marcus Annius Libo," and after other entries, page 9: "On the 6th day before the Kalends of April: Gaius Herennius Geminianus, (census rating) 375 sesterces (?), (declared) a daughter born, Herennia Gemella, from Diogenis daughter of Marcus, Thermoutharion, on the 5th day before the Ides of March just past, a Roman citizen." I have copied (this) to the register (?). [Page 4] (Seals) of Marcus Iulius Capitolinus, Lucius Petronius Celer, Gaius Iulius Blandianus, Marcus Antistius Longus, Gaius Sempronius Valens, Titus Flavius Macrinus, Marcus Antonius Clemens. [Page 1] Herennia Gemella

The copy is dated Ides of April (Pharmuthi 18), while the catalogue records give 13 August 128; the girl was born 11 March and declared 27 March. The figure HS 375 and the final abbreviation e(xscripsi) ad K(alendarium) are uncertain in interpretation.

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

Birth Certificate of Herennia Gemella

Papyri.info — APIS (Advanced Papyrological Information System) — papyri · P.Mich.inv. 766 · August 13, 128 A.D. · Alexandria, province of Egypt

Certificated copy of the declaration (professio) of birth of a Roman girl, Herennia Gemella. The text is written twice on a pair (diptychon) of wood tablets with wax on the interior side, which was originally sealed by the seals of the seven witnesses, so that only the text on wo…

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · August 13, 128 A.D. · Alexandria, province of Egypt

[PagII] Lucio Nonio Torquato Asprenate II Marco Annio Libone consulibus Idibus Aprilibus anno XII Imperatoris Caesaris Traiani Hadriani Augusti mense Pharmuthi die XVIII Alexandriae ad Aegyptum descriptum et recognitum ex tabula professionum quibus liberi nati sunt quae tabula pr…