Extract from the prefect's register of veteran examinations for Sempronius Maximus TM 9017Arsinoites
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Certified copy of an extract from the prefect Marcus Petronius Honoratus's register of examinations (epikrisis) of veterans of auxiliary units and the Syrian fleet who had received Roman citizenship and marriage rights. It concerns the veteran Sempronius Maximus, who wished to reside in the Arsinoite nome and produced a bronze diploma copied from the tablet in Rome; the examination was held in year 11 of Antoninus Pius (AD 148).
In English machine translation
Epikrisis was the official verification of status; the 'bronze tablet' is a military diploma copied from the original posted in Rome. Much of the heading is restored from parallel texts.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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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[…] Ἀντινοέων. ἀντίγραφον. ἐκ τόμου ἐπικρίσεων Μάρκου Πετρωνίου Ὁνωράτου ἐπάρχου Αἰγύπτου, οὗ προγραφή· οἱ ὑπογεγραμμένοι οὐετρανοὶ στρατευσάμενοι ἐν εἴλαις καὶ σπείραις καὶ ἐν κλάσσῃ Συριακῇ ἔνειοι μὲν ἐπιτυχόντες σὺν τέκνοις καὶ ἐγγόνοις, ἕτεροι μόνοι τῆς Ῥωμαίων πολιτείας καὶ …