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Oath of a fish dealer to supply fish to the city TM 15909Oxyrhynchos3. Dez. 228

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Sworn declaration by Aurelius Sarapion, a fish dealer of Oxyrhynchus, addressed to the prytanis Aurelius Theon also called Maximus, undertaking to supply the city with fish from 16 Choiak for as long as the fishermen of the hamlet of Monimos are at work. A surety, Aurelius Theon son of Theon, guarantees the undertaking; the oath is dated 3 December 228.

In English machine translation

[recto] To Aurelius Theon also called Maximus, gymnasiarch, prytanis in office of the city of the Oxyrhynchites, also administering the civic affairs of the same city, from Aurelius Sarapion son of Achilleus, his mother being Dieus, from the city of the Oxyrhynchites, dealer of the same city. I swear by the Fortune of Marcus Aurelius Severus ⟦Alexander⟧ Caesar the lord that I will supply the city without shortfall with fish from the 16th of the present month Choiak for as long as the fishermen of the hamlet of Monimos are working, so that I may be blamed in nothing; otherwise may I be liable to the oath. And I have provided as my surety Aurelius Theon son of Theon, his mother being Diogenis, of the same city, who is present and consenting. Year 8 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus ⟦Alexander⟧ Pius Felix Augustus, Choiak 7. I, Aurelius Sarapion son of Achilleus, swore the oath as above stated. […] [verso] Surety Aurelius Theon […] […] Handwritten declarations of sureties.

The emperor's name Alexander has been deleted, a common erasure after Severus Alexander's damnatio memoriae. The term translated 'dealer' (metabolos) denotes a retail trader or middleman.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Oath on Office). 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.45.3244

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 3. Dez. 228 · Oxyrhynchos

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