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p.mich.20.815 Juni - Dez. 365Oxyrhynchos
Undertaking by a Boatman to Deliver Wheat to Alexandria via HGV-meta
Sworn undertaking by a boat captain and surety to deliver wheat to Alexandria. A sworn undertaking by the boat captain Aurelius Paesis, with the boat's owner Aurelius Diogenes as his surety, addressed to the Oxyrhynchite councillors in charge of the grain for Alexandria. Paesis acknowledges loading 618 artabas of tax wheat and promises to deliver it to the public granaries in Alexandria and bring back receipts. It dates to 365 at Oxyrhynchus. machine translation
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- Undertaking by a Boatman to Deliver Wheat to Alexandria HGV-meta OxyrhynchosJuni - Dez. 365
- Declaration under Oath APIS-papyrus Probably Oxyrhynchite nome, provin365/366 A.D.
- p.mich.15.724 DDbDP-text OxyrhynchosJuni - Dez. 365
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Transcription
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Εὐσεβίου καὶ Σαραπίωνι Πλουτάρχου καὶ Ἱέρακι Σερήνου βουλευταῖς τῆς Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως ἐπιμεληταῖς σίτου Ἀλεξανδρείας
παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Παήσιος Ὥρου ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ὀξυρυγχίτου, κυβερνήτου πλοίου Διογένους Διογένους ἀπὸ
λογιστῶν μετ’ ἐγγύου τῆς τοῦ γόμου παραδόσεως καὶ τοῦ ἐπενεγκεῖν ἄποχα γράμματα Αὐρηλίου Διογένους
Διογένους τοῦ προκειμένου καὶ αὐτοῦ γεούχου τοῦ αὐτοῦ πλοίου. ὁμολογοῦμεν ὀμνύντες
τὸν σεβάσμιον θεῖον ὅρκον τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ καὶ Οὐάλεντος αἰωνίων Αὐγούστων
ἐγὼ μὲν ὁ κυβερνήτης παρειληφέναι παρὰ τῶν ἑξῆς ἐγγεγραμμένων καὶ ἐμβεβλῆσθαι εἰς τὸ προκείμενον πλοῖον
ἀπὸ γενήματος τῆς εὐτυχοῦς θ νέας ἰνδικτίωνος σίτου νέου καθαροῦ καὶ ἐκτὸς πάσης
αἰτίας καθεστηκότος μέτρῳ δημοσίῳ μετρήσει τῇ κελευσθείσῃ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἀρτάβας χιη, τὸν δὲ γόμον κατενεγκεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν λαμπροτάτην Ἀλεξάνδρειαν καὶ παραδώσω εἰς τοὺς ἐκεῖσε δημοσίους θησαυροὺς ἀριθμῷ πλήρης καὶ τῆς
τούτων παραδόσεως ἄποχα γράμματα ἐπενεγκεῖν, ἐγὼ δὲ ὁ ἐγγυητὴς ἑκουσίᾳ καὶ αὐθαιρέτῳ γνώμῃ
ἐγγυᾶσθαι τὸν αὐτὸν κυβερνήτην παραδίδοντα τὸν γόμον τοῦτον τοῦ σίτου καὶ ἐπιφέροντα τὴν ἀποχὴν ἐπ’ ὀνόματος
ὑμῶν τῶν ἐπιμελητῶν ἢ ἐμὲ τὸν ἐγγυητὴν ἐπάναγκες ὑποστῆναι πάντα τὰ πρὸς αὐτὸ ζητούμενα περὶ τούτου τοῦ γόμου εἰς τὸ ἐν μηδενὶ μεμφθῆναι ἢ ἔνοχος εἴην τῷ θείῳ ὅρκῳ.
Αὐρήλιος Διογένης Διογένους ἐγγυῶμαι τὸν προκείμενον κυβερνήτην Παῆσιν παραδιδόντα τὸν γόμον τοῦ σίτου καὶ ἐπιφέροντα τὴν ἀποχὴν ὡς πρόκειται.
Αὐρήλιος Παῆσις Ὥρου ὑπεδεξάμην καὶ ἐνεβαλόμην τὸν γόμον σίτου καθαροῦ ἀρτάβας ἑξακοσίας δεκαοκτώ, γίνονται ἀρτάβαι χιη καὶ παραδώσω ὡς πρόκειται. Αυρήλιος[…]ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ γράμματα μὴ εἰδότος.
δι’ ἐμοῦ[…]ἐγράφη.Translations (1)
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[…] son of Eusebios, and to Sarapion son of Plutarchos and Hierax son of Serenos, councillors of the city of the Oxyrhynchites, superintendents of the grain for Alexandria,
from Aurelius Paesis son of Horos, from the same Oxyrhynchite nome, captain of the boat of Diogenes son of Diogenes from the logistai (?), with a surety for the delivery of the cargo and for producing receipts, Aurelius Diogenes son of Diogenes the aforementioned, himself also owner of the same boat. We agree, swearing the venerable divine oath of our masters Valentinian and Valens, eternal Augusti,
I the captain, that I have received from the persons listed below and loaded into the aforementioned boat, from the produce of the fortunate 9th new indiction, new wheat, clean and free of all fault, measured by the public measure in the prescribed measurement, in total 618 artabas, and that I will carry the cargo down to most splendid Alexandria and deliver it into the public granaries there in full number, and produce receipts for its delivery; and I the surety, of my own free will and choice, that I guarantee the same captain delivering this cargo of wheat and producing the receipt in the name of you the superintendents, or else I the surety must necessarily bear all claims concerning this cargo, so that I may be blameless in nothing, or may I be liable to the divine oath.
I, Aurelius Diogenes son of Diogenes, guarantee the aforementioned captain Paesis delivering the cargo of wheat and producing the receipt as aforesaid.
I, Aurelius Paesis son of Horos, have received and loaded the cargo of clean wheat, 618 artabas, total 618 artabas, and I will deliver as aforesaid. I, Aurelius […], wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters.
Written through me […].
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 21390 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mich;20;815 tier-1
- HGV-Text 21390 tier-1
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