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Oath by Augustus concluding a report on patrimonial estates TM 15484Oxyrhynchites (?)28. Sept. - 27. Okt. 3 v.Chr.

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The closing oath of a report submitted by a man named Phatres concerning patrimonial estates, sworn by the emperor Augustus and written on his behalf by Ischyrion. It dates to the 28th year of Augustus (autumn 3 BC), probably from the Oxyrhynchite nome.

In English machine translation

I, Phatres, the aforementioned, swear by Caesar Imperator, son of the god, Zeus Eleutherios, Augustus, that I have truly and honestly submitted the foregoing report of all the patrimonial estates and have falsified nothing. If I keep my oath may it be well with me, but if I swear falsely, the opposite. I, Ischyrion son of Hera[…], wrote (for him). Year 28 of Caesar, Phaophi […]

Only the oath survives; the report it refers to (the 'foregoing report') is lost. 'Patrimonium' here refers to the imperial patrimonial estates, rendered in Greek as patrimounia.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Eid auf den Kaiser). 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.amst.1.28

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 28. Sept. - 27. Okt. 3 v.Chr. · Oxyrhynchites (?)

Φατρῆς ὁ προγεγραμμένος ὀμνύω Καίσαρα Αὐτοκράτορα θεοῦ υἱὸν Δία ἐλευθέριον Σεβαστὸν εἶ μὴν ἐξ ὑγιοῦς καὶ ἐπʼ ἀληθείας ἐπιδεδωκέναι τὴν προκειμένην ἀναφορὰν πάντων τῶν πατριμουνίων καὶ μηδὲν διεψεῦσθαι. εὐορκοῦντι μέν μοι εὖ εἴη ἐπιορκοῦντι δὲ τὰ ἐναντία. Ἰσχυρίων Ηρα[…]…υ ἔγραψα.…