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Oath to collect animals for the emperor's visit, with guarantor TM 12596Arsinoites24. Nov. 215

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A sworn undertaking by a villager, Akes, to collect and deliver the draught or pack animals levied on his village for the impending visit of the emperor Caracalla to Egypt, with Aurelius Anchorimphis swearing as his guarantor. It was drawn up in the Arsinoite nome on 24 November 215.

In English machine translation

[... lines lost ...] [...] to collect and deliver the animals imposed on the village, together with those chosen by the magistrates, I swear by the Fortune of Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Parthicus Maximus Britannicus Maximus Germanicus Maximus Pius Augustus the lord, to collect and help deliver [...] the animals imposed on the village [...] wherever I am ordered, for the visit, most prayed for by all of us, of our lord the invincible Emperor Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus, so as to be blameless in all respects. And I, Aurelius Anchorimphis, whose mother is Termouthis, from the same village, being present, swore the foregoing oath, standing surety for the aforementioned Akes on all the foregoing terms; otherwise may we be liable to the oath. Written under the supervision of Aurelius Achillas, assistant. The Aurelii: Akes, about 55 years old, scar on the little finger of the right hand […]; Neilos, about 50 years old, scar on the left shin. Year 24 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Parthicus Maximus Britannicus Maximus Germanicus Maximus Pius Augustus, Hathyr 27. Aurelius An[...]

The 'visit' (epidemia) is Caracalla's stay in Egypt in 215-216, for which villages had to supply requisitioned animals. The start of the oath, with the swearer's name, is lost; Akes is identified from the guarantee clause and the descriptions.

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

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