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bgu.3.936 30. Apr. 426Herakleopolis

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Surety for the appearance of Aurelius Sotas, a nominated councillor. A sworn surety bond addressed to the staff of the governor of Arcadia, in which a man guarantees the continued residence and appearance in court of Aurelius Sotas son of Anouthios of Oxyrhynchus. Sotas had been nominated as a town councillor but was accused of evading the duty by registering himself among rural taxpayers. Written at Oxyrhynchus on 30 April 426. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Greek · Greek

Transcription

μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Θεοδοσίου τὸ ια, Οὐαλεντινανοῦ τὸ α τῶν αἰωνίων Αὐγούστων, Παχὼν ε ἐν Ὀξυρύγχων θ ἰνδικτίωνος τῇ τάξει τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ κυρίου μου τοῦ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτου ……ος ἐπαρχίας Ἀρκαδίας Φλαουίου Ἀριστονίκου Ἀλεξάνδρου διὰ Φλαουίου[…]ὁ δεῖνα διὰ Φλαουίου Σαμουὴλ Διοσκουρίδου τῆς Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως χαίρειν ὁμολογῶ ὀμνὺς θεὸν τὸν παντοκράτορα καὶ τὴν εὐσέβειαν σωτηρίαν τῶν τὰ πάντα νικώντων δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Θεοδοσίου καὶ Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ τῶν αἰωνίων Αὐγούστων ἑκουσίᾳ καὶ αὐθαιρέτῳ γνώμῃ ἐγγυᾶσθαι καὶ ἀναδεδέχθαι μονῆς τε καὶ ἐμφανίας Αὐρήλιον Σωτᾶν υἱὸν Ἀνουθίου ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως ὑποβληθέντα βουλευτὴν καὶ ὣς καταφυγόντα εἰς παγανικὰς συντελείας καὶ τοῦτον ἐπιζητούμενον τούτου ἕνεκα παραστήσω, ὁπόταν ἐπιζητῆται εἰ δὲ μὴ, ὑπεύθυνος ἔσομαι τῆς αὐτοῦ παραστάσεως καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἐπιζητουμένοις παρʼ αὐτῷ ἀποκρίνασθαι. κυρία ἡ ἐγγύη […]καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα. [… ? lines lost …]

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EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
After the consulship of our masters Theodosius for the 11th time and Valentinian for the 1st time, the eternal Augusti, Pachon 5, in Oxyrhynchus, 9th indiction. To the staff (taxis) of the authority of my lord the most magnificent […] of the province of Arcadia, Flavius Aristonikos Alexandros, through Flavius […], [so-and-so] through Flavius Samuel son of Dioskourides, of the city of the Oxyrhynchites, [greetings]. I acknowledge, swearing by God Almighty and the piety and safety of our all-conquering masters Theodosius and Valentinian, the eternal Augusti, that of my own free and willing decision I stand surety and have undertaken guarantee for the continued residence and appearance of Aurelius Sotas son of Anouthios, from the same city of the Oxyrhynchites, who has been nominated as a councillor and, on the grounds that he has taken refuge in rural tax-payments, is being sought on this account; [I will produce him whenever he is sought]. If not, I shall be responsible for his production and for answering for [all] the matters sought from him. The surety is valid […] and having been asked the formal question I acknowledged. [… ? lines lost …]

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