τοῦ ἐνέστῶ[τος] ὀγδόου ἔτους καὶ ὀμνύω τὴν Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀλεξάνδρου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου τύχην καὶ ὡς ἔθος ἐστὶν Ῥωμαίοις ὀμνύναι ἐξ ὑγιοῦς καὶ ἐπ’ ἀληθ(είας) [ἐ]πιδεδωκ(έναι) τὴν προκ(ειμένην) ἀπογρ(αφὴν) καὶ μηδὲν διεψεῦσθαι ἢ ἔνοχος εἴην τῷ ὅρκῳ. (ἔτους) η Αὐτοκρ̣ά̣[τορ]ο̣ς̣ Κ̣α̣ί̣[σαρος] Μάρκου Α[ὐρη]λ̣ί̣[ου] Σ̣ε̣ο̣υ̣ή̣ρ̣ο̣υ̣ Ἀ̣[λεξάνδρου] [Εὐσ]ε̣β̣ο̣ῦ̣ς̣ Ε̣[ὐτυχοῦς] [Σε]β̣α̣σ̣τ̣ο̣ῦ̣
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Of the eighth year of the reign of the lord Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, I swear by the fortune of the lord, and as is the custom among the Romans, to swear by health and in truth, to have delivered the aforementioned record and to not deny anything or be guilty of perjury. (Year) the Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, [the] pious [and] fortunate [one], [the] Augustus.
τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ ἐ̣ν̣ε̣σ̣τ̣ῶ̣[τος] ὀ̣[γδόου] ἔ̣τ̣ους καὶ ὀμνύ̣ω̣
τὴν Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀλεξάνδρου
Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου τύχην
καὶ ὡς ἔθος ἐστὶν Ῥωμαίοις
ὀμνύναι ἐξ ὑγιοῦς καὶ ἐπʼ ἀληθ(είας)
[ἐ]π̣ιδεδωκ(έναι) τὴν προκ(ειμένην) ἀπογρ(αφὴν)
καὶ μηδὲν διεψεῦσθαι ἢ ἔνοχος
εἴην τῷ ὅρκῳ.
(ἔτους) η Αὐτοκρ̣ά̣[τορ]ο̣ς̣ Κ̣α̣ί̣[σαρος]
Μάρκου Α[ὐρη]λ̣ί̣[ου] Σ̣ε̣ο̣υ̣ή̣ρ̣ο̣υ̣ Ἀ̣[λεξάνδρου]
[Εὐσ]ε̣β̣ο̣ῦ̣ς̣ Ε̣[ὐτυχοῦς] [Σε]β̣α̣σ̣τ̣ο̣ῦ̣
"...of the present [eighth] year, and I swear
by the fortune of Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Caesar, our lord,
and as it is customary for Romans
to swear in good health and truthfully,
that I have submitted the aforementioned declaration (census)
and have falsified nothing, or else may I be liable
to the oath.
(Year) 8 of Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander,
the Pious, Fortunate Augustus."
This text is a fragmentary Greek census declaration from the Roman period, specifically mentioning Emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (ruled AD 222–235). The document is an oath affirming the accuracy and truthfulness of the submitted census information, a common administrative practice in Roman Egypt.