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Oath of surety for lessees of public land near Euhemeria TM 11485Theadelphia (Arsinoites)105 - 106

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A sworn declaration addressed to Ailourion, royal scribe of the Themistos division of the Arsinoite nome, in which three men of Theadelphia guarantee under oath by the emperor Trajan that two brothers, Onnophris and Marres, will pay the rents and seed for 12 arouras of public land near Euhemeria leased for five years. It dates from Trajan's ninth year, AD 105-106.

In English machine translation

To Ailourion, royal scribe of the Arsinoite nome, Themistos division, from Akous son of Mystes and Ampsais son of Tithoes and […] son of […], from the village of Theadelphia of the same division. We swear by Imperator Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus that we voluntarily and of our own free will stand surety for Onnophris and Marres, both sons of Maron, of the same village, […] for the annual rents and seed of the land which they leased from the public domain for five years from the present ninth year, near Euhemeria, out of the plots uncovered from the shore land, 12 arouras, and if […] when demanded they do not pay […] [… 4 lines lost …] […] rents and seed [of the] five-year period [and the] necessary public dues […] arouras […] if he pays […] I, Akous, wrote on behalf of Ampsais.

The leased plots are aigialos land, ground newly uncovered along the shore of the lake, which was let out by the state. The brothers' father's name Maron is a restoration.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Vadimonium iuratum). 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 · 105 - 106 · Theadelphia (Arsinoites)

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