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p.oxy.49.3508 16. Apr. 70Oxyrhynchos
Oath of a Dike Overseer via HGV-meta
Oath of a dike overseer of the Middle toparchy. Oath sworn by Diogenes son of Diogenes of Oxyrhynchus, newly appointed overseer of the public dikes of the Middle toparchy, addressed to the strategos Tiberius Claudius Herodes. He swears by Vespasian's Fortune to supervise dike work and water-guarding properly, pledging his listed property worth 3 talents 5,500 drachmas as security; dated 16 April AD 70 at Oxyrhynchus. machine translation
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- Oath of a Dike Overseer HGV-meta Oxyrhynchos16. Apr. 70
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Transcription
Τιβερίωι Κλαυδίωι Ἡρώδηι στρατηγῷ Ὀξυρυγχίτου
Διογένης Διογένους τοῦ Σαραπίωνος τῶν ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως
ἐξ ἐπιστολῆς Ἰουλίου Λυσιμάχου τοῦ πρὸς τῷ ἰδίωι λόγωι καθεσταμένος χωματεπιμελητὴς δημοσίων χωμάτων
μέσης τοπαρχίας ἀντὶ Θεογένους τοῦ Θεογένους ἀπολελυμένου ὑπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἰουλίου Λυσιμάχου, ὀμνύω τὴν τοῦ
Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Οὐεσπασιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ τύχην καὶ
τοὺς πατρῴους θεοὺς προστήσεσθαι τῆς τῶν χωμάτων
ἐπιμελείας καὶ μετὰ πάσης φροντίδος τοὺς εἰς ταῦτα πρὸς
τὴν ἀπεργασίαν διατεταγμένους ἢ καὶ διαταγησομένους
ἄνδρας ποιήσειν ἀπεργάσασθαι ἕκαστον τὰ αἱροῦντα αὐτῶι ναύβια τῷ καθήκοντι ξύλωι, πόρρω τῶν χωμάτων τὴν ἀναβολὴν ποιουμένους πρὸ πηχῶν δέκα
ὀκτὼ πρὸς τὸ τὰ χώματα ἀπεργασθῆναι καὶ στεγνωθῆναι ὡς καθήκει, ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τῆς ὑδροφυλακίας
τὴν προσήκουσαν ἐπιμέλειαν ποιήσασθαι καὶ τοὺς διαταγησομένους ἄνδρας ἐπαναγκάσειν τὰ καθήκοντα τῆς
ὑδροφυλακίας ἔργα ἐπιτελέσαι π…τω…ε…ωνε…ων
[…]…[…]τα…[…]…[…]… ἕκαστον χῶμα
…ω[…]…[…]…αδ…ο[…]………
[…]…η…[…]…[…]…[…]…[…]…σαρε[…]…
[…]ουσ…[…]…[…]…ελω…[…]…[…]…[…]…[…]
τῆς χωματεπιμελητείας […]…[…]……
[…]…εσ…[…]…ω…α…[…]…σης μου τῆς διοικήσεως
καὶ τοῦ ἰδίου λόγου, ἐπιτελῶν ἅπαντα τὰ τῆς χωματεπιμελητείας ὃν τρόπον καθήκει, τῶν ὑπαρχόντων μοι, ὧν τὸ καθʼ ἓν ὑπόκειται παρακειμένης τῆς κατʼ εἰκασίαν συντιμήσεως,
ὑπενγύων ὄντων καὶ ὧν ἐὰν ἐπικτήσωμαι, εἶναι δὲ τὸ καθʼ ἓν
τῶν εἰς τὴν ἐνεστῶσαν ἡμέραν ὑπαρχόντων μοι·
περὶ κώμην Σενεκελεὺ ἐκ τοῦ Σώσου καὶ Ἀγάθωνος κλήρου
σιτικῶν ἀρουρῶν ιε· ταλάντου α, καὶ ἐκ Καπιστοτέλους καὶ Διοφάντου
ἀπὸ ἐκπροθέσμου συγγραφῆς ἀρουρῶν η· δραχμῶν Βφ, καὶ ἔχω τάλαντα β δραχμὰς Γ
ἐφʼ ὑπάρχουσι Σαραπίωνος καὶ Πτολεμαίου ἀμφοτέρων Σαραπίωνος
ἀφηλίκων πρότερον τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν καὶ Θέωνος ἀδελφοῦ
αὐτοῦ· γίνεται ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ ἀργυρίου τάλαντα γ καὶ δραχμαὶ Εφ. εὐορκοῦντι μέν μοι εὖ εἴη, ἐπιορκοῦντι δὲ τὰ ἐναντία. ἔτους β Αὐτοκράτορος
Καίσαρος Οὐεσπασιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Φαρμοῦθι κα Σεβαστῇ.Translations (1)
To Tiberius Claudius Herodes, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome,
from Diogenes son of Diogenes son of Sarapion, of the inhabitants of the city of Oxyrhynchus, appointed by letter of Julius Lysimachus, who is in charge of the idios logos, as overseer of the public dikes of the Middle toparchy in place of Theogenes son of Theogenes, who has been released by the same Julius Lysimachus. I swear by the Fortune of the Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus and by the ancestral gods that I will take charge of the care of the dikes and with all diligence will make the men who have been or will be assigned to the work on them complete, each one, the naubia falling to him with the proper wooden measure, making the dumping of earth far from the dikes, at a distance of 18 cubits, so that the dikes may be completed and made watertight as is proper; and likewise that I will take the appropriate care of the water-guarding and will compel the men who will be assigned to carry out the proper tasks of the water-guarding […] each dike […] […] […] of the dike-overseership […] […] my […] of the administration (dioikesis) and of the idios logos, carrying out everything of the dike-overseership in the proper manner, my property, which is listed item by item below with the estimated valuation attached, being pledged as security, together with whatever I may acquire hereafter; and the itemized list of property belonging to me as of the present day is:
near the village of Senekeleu, from the kleros of Sosos and Agathon, 15 arouras of grain land: 1 talent; and from (the kleros of) Kapistoteles and Diophantos, from an overdue contract, 8 arouras: 2,500 drachmas; and I hold 2 talents 3,000 drachmas on the property of Sarapion and Ptolemaios, both sons of Sarapion, minors, formerly of their father and of Theon his brother. Total: 3 talents and 5,500 drachmas of silver. If I keep my oath may it be well with me, if I break it the opposite.
Year 2 of the Emperor Caesar Vespasian Augustus, Pharmouthi 21, Sebaste day.
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- TM-Text 15657 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.oxy;49;3508 tier-1
- HGV-Text 15657 tier-1
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