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Sworn surety for Heronas the younger, possibly for a liturgy TM 11600Arsinoites

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A sworn declaration addressed to the royal scribe of the Arsinoite nome, acting as strategos, in which several men guarantee Heronas the younger, son of Ptolemaios, apparently for a public service or liturgy connected with delivery to Alexandria. It is sworn by the fortune of the emperors Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta and dated Mecheir 20.

In English machine translation

[To …, royal scribe] of the Arsinoite nome, Themistos division, acting as strategos […] of the Herakleides division, [from …] and Orseus son of Heron, his mother being […], and […] son of Mystes, his mother being Alinnous, [from the village of …]. We undertake, swearing by the fortune of [our lords Lucius Septimius] Severus Pius [Pertinax and Marcus Aur]elius Antoninus [Pius, Augusti, and] Publius Septimius [Geta Caesar Augustus], willingly and [of our own free choice to stand surety] for Heronas the younger, son of Pto[lemaios, his mother being …], son (?) of […] Alexandros, [from the] village of […], and to deliver to Ale[xandria] […] from the whole, for rents […] of silver […] 3600 (?) […] Claudius […] and we will provide the service […] and […] and […] of Ploution […] to have received […] aged about 40, with a scar on the right cheek. Year […] of the Emperors Caesars Lucius Septimius Se]verus Pius Pertinax [and Marcus Aurelius Antoni]nus Pius, Augusti, and Publius [Septimius Geta Caesar Augustus], Mecheir 20.

Whether the guarantee concerns a liturgy is only a suggestion; the middle of the text is badly damaged. The joint titulature with Geta as Augustus points to AD 209-211.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Garanzia per un liturgo?). 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 · Arsinoites

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