A fragmentary sworn undertaking, made under oath by the fortune of the emperor Hadrian, in which parties promise to produce someone or appear before an authority. It includes a physical description of one Protas, aged 26, with a scar, and a note by the court assistant Ploution. It was written at Tebtynis in the Arsinoite nome in AD 125.
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The key term antikatastasis refers to producing a person (or oneself) before an official, a guarantee of appearance. A hyperetes was a subordinate officer attached to an official or court.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Promesse de comparaître). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.