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Oath to appear before the prefect's tribunal in Alexandria TM 11385Arsinoites29. März 87

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A copy of a sworn undertaking by Lucius Vettius Epaphroditus, addressed to the royal scribe Nemesion of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, promising to appear before the prefect's tribunal in Alexandria by Pharmouthi 23 to answer a soldier's claims against him. It was written for him by a legal scribe because he was illiterate, and is dated 29 March AD 87.

In English machine translation

Copy of a written oath. To Nemesion, royal scribe of the Herakleides division, from Lucius Vettius Epaphroditus. I swear by Imperator Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus that truly, by the 23rd of the month Pharmouthi of the present 6th year of Imperator Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, I will arrive at Alexandria and attend at the most sacred tribunal of the most excellent prefect Gaius Septimius Vegetus until I settle the claims that Marcus Antonius Titulleius (?), soldier, has against me, in accordance with the letter delivered to Claudius Chares, former strategos; otherwise may I be liable to the oath. Isidoros, legal scribe, wrote for him, as he says he does not know letters. Epaphroditus, aged 35, scar on the little finger of the right hand. Through Teboulos, assistant. Year 6 of Imperator Caesar Domitian Augustus Germanicus, Pharmouthi 3.

The oath was required following a letter, probably from the prefect, sent to the former strategos Claudius Chares concerning the soldier's suit. The soldier's cognomen is uncertain in form.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Gestellungsversprechen). 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 · 29. März 87 · Arsinoites

ἀντίγραφον χειρογραφίας. Νεμεσίωνι βασιλικῷ γραμματεῖ Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος Λούκιος Οὐέττιος Ἐπαφρόδιτος. ὀμνύω Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Δομιτιανὸν Σεβαστὸν Γερμανικὸν ἢ μὴν ἕως τῆς κγ τοῦ Φαρμοῦθι μηνὸς τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ϛ ἔτους Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Δομιτιανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ Γερμανικοῦ καταντήσε…