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Two fragmentary copies of a sworn undertaking addressed to Dioskourides, logistes (curator) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, sworn by the imperial oath of the emperors and Caesars. The swearer, connected with a Eudaimon and a wife Sarapias, appears to undertake responsibility for producing someone or something. Written at Oxyrhynchus in AD 324.
The dating formula 'to the consuls to be designated, for the 4th time' reflects uncertainty about the consuls of the year in 324. The logistes was the chief financial and civic official of the city in this period.
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.
[1] τοῖςἀποδειχθησομένοις ὑπάτοις τὸ δ. Διοσκουρίδῃ λογιστῇ Ὀξυρυγχίτου […]……… Εὐδαίμονος […] γυναικὸς Σαραπιάδος […]………… […]……[…]… τὸν σεβάσμιον θεῖον ὅρκον τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Αὐτοκρατόρων τε καὶ Καισάρων παρειληφέναι εἰς τὸ παρασταθῆναι[…]…ναι βουλ[…] […]…αυτ[…] […]μαυτ[…] [… ? …
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