Sworn undertaking by a boat captain to deliver barley to Alexandria TM 140157Oxyrhynchos10. Juli 373

In the consulship of our masters Valentinian and Valens, eternal Augusti, for the 4th time, Epeiph 16. To the Aurelii Horion son of Ptolemaios, Hesychios son of Ioulianos, Sarapion son of Ploutarchos and Hierax son of Serenos, councillors of the illustrious and most illustrious city of the Oxyrhynchites, supervisors of barley for Alexandria, from Aurelius Isidoros son of Horion, from the same Oxyrhynchite (nome), captain of the boat of Ptoleminos son of Eulogios, politeuomenos, with a surety for the delivery of the cargo and for bringing back in full receipts of the same, the aforementioned Ptoleminos, landowner of the same boat. We acknowledge, swearing the august divine oath of our masters Valentinian, Valens and Gratian, the eternal Augusti: I, the captain, that I have received and loaded into the aforementioned boat, from the produce of the fortunate first new indiction, new barley, clean, unadulterated and free of all fault, by the public measure and the measurement ordered, in total […] artabas, and that I will carry the cargo down to Alexandria and deliver it into the public granaries there, complete in number, and receive receipts for their delivery; and I, the surety, of my own free and voluntary will, that I stand surety for the same captain delivering this cargo of barley and bringing the receipt in the name of you the supervisors, so that no blame may fall on us from this; otherwise may we be liable to the divine oath. I, Aurelius Ptoleminos son of Eulogios, politeuomenos, stand surety for the aforementioned captain Isidoros, that he will bring the receipt for the aforementioned cargo of barley in full, as stated above. I, Aurelius Isidoros son of Horion, have received and loaded the […] hundred and eleven clean artabas of barley and will deliver them in full, as stated above. Through me, Iakob […].