Beginning of a sworn declaration by Aurelius Sarap[…], a carpenter from Oxyrhynchus, addressed to officials Calpurnius Horion and Ammonion. It refers to an order of the prefect Iuvenius Genialis and a decision of the city council about paying a price after a joint valuation, and the oath is sworn by the fortune of Emperor Gallienus, about AD 267.
In English machine translation
To Calpurnius Horion […]
to Ammonion […]
from Aurelius Sarap[…]
[…]on, carpenter, from Oxyrhynchus city.
Since our most illustrious prefect Iuvenius Genialis has ordered that the […] in this nome […]
and the most excellent council has approved that the price be paid out of the […] for these purposes […]
on condition that the joint valuation […] take place, I acknowledge, swearing by the fortune of our lord Emperor Gallienus Augustus, […]
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The text breaks off after the oath formula, so the actual content of the declaration is lost; much of the middle depends on restorations. 'Joint valuation' renders synthimesis, an assessment of price made together by the parties or officials.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Dichiarazione giurata). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.