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Oath of Beekeepers via HGV-meta

Oath of beekeepers of Oxyrhynchus to the strategos and royal scribe. A sworn declaration by a group of beekeepers of Oxyrhynchus, led by Herakleios son of Peteuris and his brothers, addressed to the strategos Gaius Iulius E[…] and the royal scribe Galation. The substance of the oath is largely lost but refers to a situation existing since the time of Maximus; it was sworn by the Emperor Claudius in AD 45. machine translation

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Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

[Fr1] Ἡράκλειος Πετεύριος καὶ οἱ τούτου ἀδελφοὶ Τοτοῆς καὶ Πετεῦρις καὶ Ὁρσῆς Ὥρου καὶ Ἁσῦχις Πετεύριος καὶ Σαραπίων Σαραπίωνος καὶ Πτολεμαῖος Α…ε…ι καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ μελισσουργοὶ τῶν ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως […]…α Γαίου Ἰουλίου Ε[…]… στρατηγοῦ καὶ Γαλατίωνος Βασιλικοῦ γραμματέως Ὀξυρυγχείτου ὀμνύομεν Τιβέριον [… ? lines lost …] [Fr2] [… ? lines lost …] […]…ε…[…]…[…] ἀπὸ τῶν χρόνων Μαξίμου μέχρι τοῦ νῦν. εὐορκοῦσι μὲν ἡμῖν εὖ εἴη, ἐπιορκοῦσι δὲ τὰ ἐναντία. ἔτους ϛ Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος, μηνὸς Σεβαστοῦ ιη. Τοτοῆς Πετεύριος ὀμώμοκα τὸν ὅρκον. Πετεῦρις Πετεύριος συνομώμοκα τὸν ὅρκον. Ἡράκλειος Πετεύριος συνομώμοκα τὸν ὅρκον. Ὁρσῆς Ὥρου συνομώμοκα τὸν ὅρκον. Ἁσῦχις Πετεύριος συνομώμοκα. […]…κρ…ας…[…] ἔτους ϛ Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος, μηνὸς Σεβαστοῦ ιη

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[Fragment 1] Herakleios son of Peteuris and his brothers Totoes and Peteuris, and Horses son of Horos, and Hasychis son of Peteuris, and Sarapion son of Sarapion, and Ptolemaios son of A[…], and the other beekeepers from the city of Oxyrhynchus, to […] Gaius Iulius E[…], strategos, and Galation, royal scribe of the Oxyrhynchite nome. We swear by Tiberius […] […] [Fragment 2] […] [… from the] times of Maximus until now. If we swear truly, may it be well with us, but if we swear falsely, the opposite. Year 6 of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, month Sebastos 18. I, Totoes son of Peteuris, have sworn the oath. I, Peteuris son of Peteuris, have sworn the oath jointly. I, Herakleios son of Peteuris, have sworn the oath jointly. I, Horses son of Horos, have sworn the oath jointly. I, Hasychis son of Peteuris, have sworn jointly. […] [Year 6 of Tiberius] Claudius Caesar [Augustus Germanicus] Imperator, month Sebastos 18.

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