An application for epikrisis (status examination) submitted by Aurelius Euporos to Alkimos, prytanis of Arsinoe, on behalf of his younger full brother Aurelius S[…] alias Didymos, who reached age fourteen in year 1 of Maximinus. Euporos attaches copies of his own epikrisis and earlier census returns as proof of the family's status.
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[…] of the city of the Arsinoites […] to Alkimos, former gymnasiarch, prytanis in office, [and in charge of the epikrisis] […]
from Aurelius Euporos son of Leontas son of Chairemon, mother Plo[…] and […], both from the quarter of the Thesmophorion. Since my full brother (same father and same mother) Aurelius S[…] also called Didymos has reached [the age of fourteen] in the present year 1 of Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus Pius Felix Augustus and must undergo epikrisis according to the orders of the most illustrious prefect, I have appended the documents of title of us both. I, Aurelius Euporos, underwent epikrisis in year […] of the previous reign and registered in the house-by-house census returns made in year 24 and year 9, and in the return of year 9 I also registered my brother now undergoing epikrisis, Aurelius S[…] also called Didymos […] […] […] […] […] […] in the quarter of Hermouthiake […]
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Copy of epikrisis from the record office of public accounts, made in year […] of the previous reign […] quarter of the Thesmophorion. Euporos son of Leontas son of Chairemon […] Karidous, fair-skinned, scar on the ankle […] identified by his mother, described by […]
Copy of house-by-house census return of year 24 from the record office of public accounts […] year 24, quarter of the Thesmophorion, station […] of the Small Boubasteion, Apollonia A[…] Daimon son of Leontas son of Chairemon, mother […] and Aurelius Euporos, his full brother […]
Another, likewise. To Aurelius Platon, strategos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, and […] royal scribe of the same division, and the laographoi […], from Aurelius Euporos son of Leontas son of Chairemon, mother […] registered in the quarter of the Thesmophorion. There belongs to the ward under guardianship […] in the quarter of the Bithynians of Ision a small house […] in which I register myself and my full brother Aurelius S[…] also called Didymos, registered in the aforesaid quarter of the Thesmophorion, for the house-by-house census of year 9 of the deified Alexander. And I am the aforesaid Aurelius Euporos […] and my full brother […]
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Epikrisis was the official examination confirming a boy's privileged status (here as a metropolite), usually at age fourteen. Years 24 and 9 refer to the census returns under Caracalla/earlier reign and Severus Alexander respectively.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Epikrisis - Eingabe). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.