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Oath to supply donkeys for the imperial visit of Caracalla TM 12598Arsinoites27. Nov. 215

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A sworn undertaking by Aurelius Belles, with Aurelius Peloris as guarantor, to help select and supply donkeys for the expected visit of the emperor Caracalla to Egypt, and to return them without blame. It was written in the Arsinoite nome on 27 November 215.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] of the former magistrates who were chosen, to help select and to help furnish donkeys being sent for the most auspicious visit of our lord Emperor Severus Antoninus, which I will also restore and hand over so as to be blamed in nothing, or may I be liable to the oath. And I have provided as my guarantor for this Aurelius Peloris […] […], present and consenting to all the foregoing. Written under the supervision of Aurelius Mamertinus also called Ptolemaios, assistant (hyperetes). And they are Aurelii: Belles, aged about … years, scar on the left thumb (?), Peloris, aged about 45 years, scar on the left thumb. 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, whose visit to Egypt in 215/216 required extensive requisitions. A hyperetes was a subordinate official or assistant who supervised the drafting.

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 …] …[…] τῶν ἐξ ἀρχόντων αἱρεθέντων συνεξελέσθαι καὶ συγκαταστῆσαι ὄνους πεμπομένους εἰς τὴν εὐκταιοτάτην ἐπιδημίαν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Αὐτοκράτορος Σεουήρου Ἀντωνείνου, οὓς καὶ ἀποκαταστήσω καὶ παραδώσω εἰς τὸ ἐν μηδενὶ μεμφθῆναι ἢ ἔνοχος εἴην τῷ ὅρκῳ. παρέσχον δὲ ἐμα…