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Oath to deliver animals to Pelusium for the emperor's visit, with surety TM 12595Arsinoites24. Nov. 215

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A sworn undertaking by Aurelius Onnophris son of Sarapion to help receive and deliver to the elected magistrates the animals sent to Pelusium for the expected visit of the emperor Caracalla to Egypt. A fellow villager, Aurelius Hermias, stands surety for him; the document was drawn up in the Arsinoite nome in November 215.

In English machine translation

[… ? lines lost …] […] I swear by the Fortune of Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Parthicus Maximus Britannicus Maximus Germanicus Maximus Pius Augustus, the lord, that I will jointly receive and jointly hand over to the elected magistrates the animals being sent to Pelusium for the prayed-for visit of our lord and most manifest of gods Antoninus, or may I be liable to the oath. And present, Aurelius Hermias son of Mystes son of Petenouphis, from the same village, stands surety for Aurelius Onnophris in all the aforesaid. Written with the attendance of Aurelius Mamertinus also called Ptolemaios, assistant. Aurelius Onnophris, aged about 32, scar under the left knee. I, Aurelius Hermias son of Mysthes son of Petenouphis, from the village of Kynon polis, stand surety for Aurelius Onnophris son of Sarapion in all the aforesaid. Year 24 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Parthicus Maximus Britannicus Maximus Germanicus Maximus Pius Augustus, Hathyr 27.

The emperor is Caracalla, whose visit to Egypt in 215 required large requisitions of supplies and transport animals. The guarantor's father's name is spelled both Mystes and Mysthes in the text.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Undertaking 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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 24. Nov. 215 · Arsinoites

[… ? lines lost …] […]…[…] ὀμνύω τὴν Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀντωνίνου Παρθικοῦ Μεγίστου Βρεταννικοῦ Μεγίστου Γερμανικοῦ Μεγίστου Εὐσεβοῦς Σεβαστοῦ τοῦ κυρίου τύχην συμπαραλαβεῖν καὶ συνπαραδοῦναι τοῖς αἱρεθεῖσι ἄρχουσι τὰ πεμπόμενα κτήνη εἰς Πηλούσιον πρὸς τὴν εὐκταίως γεινομέν…