One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 11184

Sworn undertaking to appear, with description of Protas TM 11184Tebtynis (Arsinoites)13. Febr. 125

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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.

In English machine translation

[…]-on […] […] […] […] […] […] having taken place […] of the yoke(?) […] appearance (in court) […] neighbour(?) […] […] being asked […] how much […] […] we declare to one another, swearing by the fortune of Imperator Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus […] the […] […] […] […] […] on the forehead on the right […] […] Protas son of Herakle[…], aged 26, scar […] […] of Imperator Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus […] […] to have agreed(?) with one another […] as stated above. Year 9 of Imperator Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus, […] 19. Ploution, assistant (hyperetes): […] Year 9 of Imperator Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus […] above-stated […]

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 13. Febr. 125 · Tebtynis (Arsinoites)

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