POxy 1464 is one of four examples of libelli

Libellus

A libellus was a document given to a Roman citizen to certify performance of a pagan sacrifice, hence demonstrating loyalty to the authorities of the Roman Empire...

found at Oxyrhynchus

Oxyrhynchus

Oxyrhynchus is a city in Upper Egypt, located about 160 km south-southwest of Cairo, in the governorate of Al Minya. It is also an archaeological site, considered one of the most important ever discovered...

 in Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

. The manuscript declares the date — the first year of the emperor Decius, whose full name was Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius. We know the first year of his reign was 250 AD. The day and month are also given as the third of Epeiph or Epip

Epip

Epip , also known as Abib, is the eleventh month of the Coptic calendar. It lies between July 8 and August 6 of the Gregorian calendar. The month of Epip is also the third month of the Season of 'Shemu' in Ancient Egypt, where the Egyptians harvest their crops throughout the land of Egypt....

 in the Coptic calendar

Coptic calendar

The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt. This calendar is based on the ancient Egyptian calendar...

. So this libellus was issued on 27 June 250 AD.

Text

• Original lines are retained (and numbered).
• Text in [brackets] is reconstructed to fill a gap (lacuna
  Lacuna (manuscripts)
  A lacunaPlural lacunae. From Latin lacūna , diminutive form of lacus . is a gap in a manuscript, inscription, text, painting, or a musical work...
  
  ) in the papyrus
  Papyrus
  Papyrus is a thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt....
  
  .
• Text in (parentheses) is full spelling of an abbreviation.
• Letters with _subscript dots are incomplete or indistinct.

  1		For those who partook of the sacrifices from the
  2		city of Oxyrhynchus
  3		These are Aurelius Gaionus Ammonius
  4		[and the] mother of Taeutus. Indeed always making sacrifice and
  5		libation and worship to the gods being accustomed
  6		according to those justly urged by the aunt
  7		and now in front of you all making sacrifice and libation
  8		and having tasted the holy meat portions at the same time
  9		for a woman and for Ammonius and Ammoeanus
  10		son and Thekla daughter by me and
  11		I think are worthy to be recorded by me. During the first year of
  12		Autonomous Caesar Gaius Messius
  13		Quintus Traianus Decius Eusebius
  14		Eutychus Sebastian, Epeiph 3. Aurelius
  15		Gaionus I have vouched for. Aurelius Sarapion,
  16		he and Chairemon, I wrote above him, my letters
  17		being known.
  v
  10 lines
  ??		Besas, Psenamounis

See also

• Lapsi (Christian)
  Lapsi (Christian)
  Lapsi was the name given to apostates in the early Christian Church, when Christians were persecuted by the Roman authorities to renounce their faith. It also means those who have lapsed or fallen away from their faith and decide later in life to come back to it.-Sacrificati:Those who had actually...
  
  
• Oxyrhynchus papyri
  Oxyrhynchus Papyri
  The Oxyrhynchus Papyri are a very numerous group of manuscripts discovered by archaeologists including Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt at an ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus in Egypt . The manuscripts date from the 1st to the 6th century AD. They include thousands of Greek and...
  
  
• Other libelli: POxy 658
  POxy 658
  Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 658 is one of four examples of libelli found at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. The last lines of the manuscript declare the date — the first year of the emperor Decius, whose full name was Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius...
  
  , POxy 2990
  POxy 2990
  POxy 2990 is one of four examples of libelli found at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt.*Image: .-Text:*Original lines are retained ....
  
  , POxy 3929
  POxy 3929
  POxy 3929 is one of four examples of libelli found at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt.*Image: ....
  
  
• Warrant
  Warrant (law)
  Most often, the term warrant refers to a specific type of authorization; a writ issued by a competent officer, usually a judge or magistrate, which permits an otherwise illegal act that would violate individual rights and affords the person executing the writ protection from damages if the act is...
  
   to arrest a Christian: POxy 3035