Deed of Surety on Oath
Sworn statement made by Gaius Iulius Nepotianus to the strategos Flavius Apollonios, declaring that he accepts to be surety for the presence of another veteran of Karanis in some occasion
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Sworn surety by a veteran for the appearance of another veteran of Karanis TM 12030Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of Egypt176-179 A.D.
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A sworn deed of surety addressed to the strategos Flavius Apollonios, in which the veteran Gaius Iulius Nepotianus, a landowner at Karanis, guarantees that his fellow veteran Iulius Saturninus will stay in place and appear when required. It dates to AD 176-179, from Karanis in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
To Flavius Apollonios, strategos of the Arsinoite nome, Herakleides division.
Gaius Iulius Nepotianus, veteran, landowner at Karanis: I swear the oath customary among the Romans, willingly and of my own choice, that I stand surety for Iulius Saturninus, veteran, landowner in the same village, for his remaining and his appearance, and I will also produce him […]
"The oath customary among the Romans" marks the swearers as Roman citizens; the guarantee of "remaining and appearance" (monē kai emphaneia) is a standard surety formula. The end of the document, including the date and signatures, is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Deed of Surety on Oath). 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.9.535
Φλαουίῳ Ἀπολλωνίῳ στρατηγῷ Ἀρσινοίτου Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος. Γάιος Ἰούλιος Νεπωτιανὸς οὐετρανὸς γεουχῶν ἐν Καρανίδι ὀμνύω τὸν ἔθιμον Ῥωμαίοις ὅρκον ἑκουσίως καὶ αὐθαιρέτως ἐγγυᾶσθαι Ἰούλιον Σατορνεῖλον οὐετρανὸν γεουχοῦντα ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ κώμῃ μονῆς καὶ ἐμφανείας ὃν καὶ παραστήσω [… ? li…