Promise of Attendance in Court
Sworn statement made by Herakleides son of Ptolemaios to the strategos Vegetus alias Sarapion, declaring that he will be present at the court to settle a suit brought against him by Herakleides son of Herakleides
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 12028
Oath to attend court until settling a claim TM 12028Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt137 A.D.
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A sworn undertaking addressed to the strategos Vegetus alias Sarapion by Herakleides son of Ptolemaios, who swears by the emperor Hadrian's fortune to stay in attendance at the court until he settles the claims of Herakleides son of Herakleides, arising from petitions to the prefect Petronius Mamertinus. Written by a notary at Karanis in AD 137.
In English machine translation
To Vegetus also called Sarapion, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division,
from Herakleides son of Ptolemaios son of […], registered in the quarter of Apollonios Hierakeion.
I swear by the fortune of Imperator Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus that I will remain in attendance at the tribunal until I settle the claims which Herakleides son of Herakleides has against me […] to have against […] from the petitions to Petronius Mamertinus, the most excellent prefect, or may we be liable to the oath.
Written by the notary of Karanis, Epaphroditos son of Ptolemaios […]
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Petronius Mamertinus was prefect of Egypt; the case seems to have been referred down to the strategos from petitions submitted to him. The plural 'may we be liable' may suggest more than one swearer, though only one name survives.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Promise of Attendance in Court). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.mich.9.533
Οὐεγέτῳ τῷ καὶ Σαραπίωνι στρατηγῷ ἈρσινοίτουἩρακλείδου μερίδος παρὰ Ἡρακλείδου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ[…]…τος ἀναγραφομένου ἐπʼ ἀμφόδου Ἀπολλωνίου Ἱερακείου. ὀμνύω τὴν Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ τύχην προσκαρτερήσιν τῷ βήματι μέχρι οὗ διευθύνω ἃ πρός με ἔχει Ἡρακ…