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p.oxy.38.2876 212 - 214Memphites
Oath of Guard via HGV-meta
Oath of a river guard nominated for patrol-boat service. A sworn declaration addressed to the strategos of the Memphite nome by Diogenes son of Imouthes of the village of Psoaphre, who had been nominated by the village scribe to serve as a river guard in a patrol boat on the Nile. He swears by the emperor's fortune (Caracalla) to guard the stretch from a village anchorage to Sykaminos day and night, and names two sureties. machine translation
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- Oath of Guard HGV-meta Memphites212 - 214
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· Greek
Transcription
Καλπουρνίῳ Ἰσιδώρῳ
τῷ καὶ Ἁρποκρατίωνι
στρατηγῷ Μεμφίτου
Διογένης Ἰμούθου μητρὸς
Ἡραΐδος ἀπὸ κώμης Ψοαφρῆ
τοῦ αὐτοῦ νομοῦ, ἀναδοθεὶς
ἅμʼ ἄλλοις ὑπὸ τοῦ τῆς
κώμης κωμογραμματέως
εἰς τὸ παραφυλάξαι ἐν ἁλιάδι
ἐν τῷ μεγάλῳ ποταμῷ
ἀπὸ ὅρμου κώμης …αχεφρῆ μεχρὶ Συκαμείνου,
ὀμνύω τὴν τοῦ κυρίου
Αὐτοκράτορος Μάρκου
Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνίνου
Εὐσεβοῦς Σεβαστοῦ
τύχην παραφυλάξειν
νυκτός τε καὶ ἡμέρας
ἐν τοῖς προκειμένοις
ὁρίοις ἀδιαλείπτως
καὶ ἀμέμπτως, ἢ ἔνοχος
εἴην τῷ ὅρκῳ. παρέσχον
δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ ἐνγυητὰς
Βαυθλᾶν Ἀπείτωτος
μητρὸς Ἀπλωναρίου
καὶ Νεμεσίωνα Ἰμούθου
μητρὸς Ἡραΐδος, ἀμφοτέρους
ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης παρόντας
καὶ εὐδοκοῦντας[…]Translations (1)
To Calpurnius Isidoros also called Harpokration, strategos of the Memphite nome,
from Diogenes son of Imouthes, his mother being Herais, from the village of Psoaphre of the same nome. Having been nominated together with others by the village scribe of the village to keep guard in a patrol boat on the great river from the anchorage of the village of […]achephre as far as Sykaminos, I swear by the fortune of our lord Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius Augustus that I will keep guard night and day within the aforesaid limits, without interruption and blamelessly, or may I be liable to the oath. I have provided as my sureties Bauthlas son of Apeitos, his mother being Aplonarion, and Nemesion son of Imouthes, his mother being Herais, both from the same village, being present and consenting […]
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- TM-Text 31834 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;38;2876 tier-1
- HGV-Text 31834 tier-1
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