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An oath sworn to Hierax, strategos, by Chairemon son of Diodoros of Oxyrhynchus, who was nominated by the city scribe as superintendent of the city's cleanliness. He swears by the fortune of the emperor Commodus to take up the post at once and carry it out blamelessly, and names a guarantor, Philostratos.
The office 'epi katharelotetos' was a liturgy responsible for public cleanliness of the city. The emperor named is Commodus, so the oath dates to his reign (AD 180-192).
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Oath on undertaking service). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἱέρακι στρατηγῶι Χαιρήμων Διοδώρου τοῦ Χαιρήμονος μητρὸς Πτολέμας ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως. εἰσδοθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως γραμματέως ἐπὶ καθαρειότητος τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως, ὀμνύω τὴν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Κομμόδου Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τύχην εὐθέως ἀντιλήμψεσθαι τῆς δηλουμένη…
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