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Surety for the appearance of Ammonis addressed to Abinnaeus TM 10053Dionysias (Arsinoites)21. Aug. 346

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A surety declaration addressed to Flavius Abinnaeus, commander of the military camp at Dionysias, in which Aurelius Ioulis of Dionysias guarantees to produce Ammonis son of Sooük of Taurinou whenever required. It was written in AD 346, with the subscription penned by Paulos for the illiterate guarantor.

In English machine translation

To Flavius Abinnaeus, praepositus of the camp of Dionysias in the Arsinoite nome, from Aurelius Ioulis son of Dionysios, from the village of Dionysias. I, Ioulis, acknowledge that I stand surety for Ammonis son of Sooük, from the village of Taurinou; whenever he is sought, I, Ioulis myself, will produce him, as stated above, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent. In the consulship of our masters Constantius Augustus for the 4th time and Constans Augustus for the 3rd time, Mesore 28. I, Aurelius Ioulis, stand surety for Ammonis son of Sooük; whenever he is sought I myself will produce him, as stated above. I, Paulos, wrote on his behalf since he is illiterate.

Part of the archive of Flavius Abinnaeus, praepositus (commander) of the cavalry unit stationed at Dionysias. The surety (engyē) obliges the guarantor to present the man on demand, a common guarantee of appearance.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 21. Aug. 346 · Dionysias (Arsinoites)

Φλαυίῳ Ἀβιννέῳ πραιπόσιτῳ κάστροις Διονυσιάδος τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτου νομοῦ παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Ἰούλις Διονυσίου ἀπὸ κώμης Διονυσιάδος. ὁμολογῶἐγὼ Ἰούλις ἐγγυῶμαι Ἀμμώνιν υἱὸν Σωοὺκ ἀπὸ κώμης Ταυρίνου· ὁπόταν ζητηθῇ ἐγὼ αὐτὸς Ἰούλις παραστήσω αὐτὸν ὡς πρόκιται, καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα. ὑπατε…