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Sworn declaration about goods handed to the logistes for transport to Alexandria TM 15208Oxyrhynchos (?)9. Febr. 304

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Fragment of a sworn declaration concerning something handed over to the logistes (city curator) for transport to Alexandria, in accordance with instructions of the prefect Clodius Culcianus. The declarant swears by the fortune of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian and the Caesars Constantius and Galerius Maximian; dated 9 February 304, probably at Oxyrhynchus.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] handed over to the logistes [to be transported] to the most splendid Alexandria [in accordance with what was written] by our most eminent [prefect Cl]odius Culcianus, [and I swear by the] fortune of our lords Diocletian [and Maximian Augusti] and Constantius and Maximian [the most noble C]aesars that this is so [and that I have] lied [in nothing], or may I be liable to the divine [oath]. [Year 20 and] 12 of our lords Diocletian [and Maximian August]i and Constantius and Maximian [the most noble Caes]ars, Mecheir 14. [...]

The logistes was the city's chief financial official (curator civitatis) in this period. The second Caesar named Maximian is Galerius.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 9. Febr. 304 · Oxyrhynchos (?)

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