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Oath of escorts to deliver persons to the governor of Augustamnica at Pelusium TM 15397Oxyrhynchos30. Nov. 341

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A sworn undertaking by two escorts from Oxyrhynchus, Aurelius Ploutinos and Aurelius Lucius, addressed to the peace supervisor Aurelius Dioskoros. They swear to convey certain persons, apparently including a head of the local police officials, to Pelusium and present them to the governor of Augustamnica, Flavius Julius Ausonius, bringing back receipts, with Aurelius Heras as guarantor. Written at Oxyrhynchus in AD 341.

In English machine translation

In the consulship of Antonius Marcellinus and Petronius Probinus, the most illustrious. To Aurelius Dioskoros, supervisor of the peace of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Aurelii Ploutinos son of Ploutinos and Lucius son of Ploutinos, both from the illustrious and [most illustrious] city of the Oxyrhynchites, escorts. We acknowledge, swearing the venerable divine oath of our masters the Augusti, that we have received the persons registered below, whom we shall bring down to Pelusium, and that we shall present them to the office of the most eminent governor of Augustamnica, Flavius Julius Ausonius, and shall bring back written receipts for their presentation, so that we may be blamed in nothing, or may we be liable to the divine oath. And we have furnished as surety for our bringing (them) Aurelius Heras son of Agathos Daimon, from the same city, by the doors of the public accounting office, being present and consenting. They are: […]ios, chief of the eirenarchs (?) […]this, brother […] […] In the aforesaid consulship, Choiak 4. I, Aurelius Ploutinos, have received the persons registered and shall present them as aforesaid. I, Aurelius Lucius […] […] […]

The list of persons to be escorted is badly damaged; the first appears to be a kephalaiotes (head) of the eirenarchs, local officials responsible for keeping order. The 'escorts' (propompoi) were men liable for conveying persons to authorities.

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.

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p.oxy.50.3576

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 30. Nov. 341 · Oxyrhynchos

ὑπατείας Ἀντωνίου Μαρκελλίνου καὶ Πετρωνίου Προβίνου τῶν λαμπροτάτων. Αὐρηλίῳ Διοσκόρῳ ἐπόπτῃ εἰρήνης Ὀξυρυγχίτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίων Πλουτίνου Πλουτίνου καὶ Λουκίου Πλουτίνου ἀμφοτέρων ἀπὸ τῆς λαμπρᾶς καὶ λαμπροτάτης Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλεως προπομπῶν. ὁμολογοῦμεν ὀμνύντες τὸν σεβάσμιον θεῖ…