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Sacramentum vigilium nocturnorum via HGV-meta
Oath of appointed night-watchmen of the village of Bousiris. Sworn declaration by three men from the village of Bousiris, two of them with guarantors, appointed as night-watchmen, swearing by the fortune of the emperor Commodus to guard the village by night for one year without fault and to bear responsibility if anything goes wrong. It dates to the reign of Commodus (AD 180-192). machine translation
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Βαρβίλλου Σερᾶτος καὶ Μύστης Ἀχήους μετʼ ἐγγύου Ἁρμάχιος Μύστου καὶ Ἁρμᾶχις
Ἁρυώτου μετʼ ἐγγύου Παχθίνιος Παώμιος οἱ πάντες ἀπὸ
κώμης Βουσείρεως οἱ γ
κατασταθέντες νυκτοφύλακες τῆς αὐτῆς ὀμνύομεν τὴν
Αὐρηλίου Κομμόδου Ἀντωνίνου
Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου τύχην
ἀντιλήμψεσθαι τῆς χρείας
καὶ φυλάξειν διὰ νυκτὸς
τὴν κώμην εἰς τὸ ἐν μηθενὶ μεμφθῆναι[…]τως πρὸς
ἓν ἔτος κινδύνου παρὰ[…]τος ὄντος, ἐάν τι
μὴ δεόντως γένηται.
ἔτους[…]Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου
Κομμόδου Ἀντωνίνου
Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
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