Denunciation with Oath
Acotas, son of Germanus, states under oath that Isidorus, son of Pemmeis, is engaged in cultivating four arouras of grain land which were formerly the property of Horion. The declaration is addressed to a speculator.
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Sworn denunciation of a farmer cultivating grain land in another's name TM 10336Kom Aushim (Karanis)July 29th, 310 A.D.
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A sworn declaration from Karanis in which Aurelius Akotas reports to Valerius Sarapion, a speculator charged with collecting gold and silver, that Isidoros son of Pemmeis is farming 4 arouras of grain land registered in the name of Horion. It is dated 29 July 310 and was written for Akotas by Herakleides because he could not write.
In English machine translation
To Valerius Sarapion, speculator, collector of gold and silver bullion,
from Aurelius Akotas son of Germanos, his mother being Ammonous, from the village of Karanis. I acknowledge, swearing by the fortune of our lords the Emperors Augusti, that I declare that Isidoros son of Pemmeis, from the same village of Karanis, cultivates in the name of Horion, in the area of the same village, 4 arouras of grain land, and that I have falsified nothing, or may I be liable to the divine oath; and having been asked the formal question, I acknowledged it.
In the consulship of Tatius Andronicus and Pompeius Probus, the most illustrious prefects, Mesore 5.
(2nd hand) I, Aurelius Akotas, swore the divine oath, declaring that Isidoros cultivates in the name of Horion 4 arouras of grain land, as stated above. I, Herakleides, wrote on his behalf, as he is illiterate.
A speculator was a military officer used here as a collector of gold and uncoined silver for the state; the declaration presumably identifies who was liable for levies on the land. "In the name of Horion" means the land was registered under Horion, not necessarily owned by him.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Denunciation under Oath). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.cair.isid.127
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