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Oath to supply donkeys for the visit of Caracalla TM 12597Arsinoites27. Nov. 215

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A sworn undertaking by Aurelius Pakles, a villager of the Arsinoite nome, to help select and supply donkeys for the expected visit of the emperor Caracalla to Egypt, and to return them without fault. Aurelius Polion of the same village stands as his guarantor; the oath is dated 27 November 215.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] from the village of [...] [...] I swear by the fortune of Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Parthicus Maximus Britannicus Maximus Germanicus Maximus Pius Augustus, together with those chosen from the ex-magistrates for this purpose, to select jointly and to provide jointly donkeys sent for the most auspicious visit of our lord the Emperor Severus Antoninus, which I shall also restore and deliver so that I am blamed in nothing, or may I be liable to the oath. And I have provided as guarantor for this Aurelius Polion son of L[...] from the same village, who is present and consents to all the above. Written with the attendance of Aurelius Mamertinus also called Ptolemaios, assistant. And they are Aurelii Pakles, aged 40, scar [...] on the right shin, Polion, aged 45, scar on the left shin. Year 24 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Parthicus Maximus Britannicus Maximus Germanicus Maximus Pius Augustus, Hathyr 30.

Severus Antoninus is the emperor Caracalla, who visited Egypt in 215-216. The opening lines, including the addressee and the swearer's full name, are lost.

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 · 27. Nov. 215 · Arsinoites

[… ? lines lost …] α[…] ἀπὸ κώμης …ε…[…] ε…ονων ὀμνύω τὴν Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Σεουήρου Ἀντωνίνου Παρθικοῦ Μεγίστου Βρεταννικοῦ Μεγίστου Γερμανικοῦ Μεγίστου Εὐσεβοῦς Σεβαστοῦ τύχην ἅμα τοῖς ἐξ ἀρχόντων αἱρεθεῖσι εἰς τοῦτο συνεξελέσθαι καὶ συνκαταστῆσαι ὄνους πεμπομένους εἰς τὴν εὐκται…