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Oath of office of a collector of grain receipts at Palosis TM 15976Oxyrhynchos27. Dez. 224 - 25. Jan. 225

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An oath of office sworn to Aurelius Harpokration, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, by Aurelius Epimachos of Oxyrhynchus, who had been nominated as collector of the metropolitan grain receipts at Palosis. He swears by the Fortune of Severus Alexander to perform the duty faithfully and names a guarantor, in Tybi of the emperor's 4th year (AD 224/225).

In English machine translation

[recto] Metropolis(?) of Palosis. To Aurelius Harpokration, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Aurelius Epimachos, styled as having as mother […] …, from the city of Oxyrhynchus. Having been nominated by the secretary of the 1st tribe of the 4th cycle to the office of collector of the metropolitan grain receipts of Palosis for the present 4th year, I swear by the Fortune of our lord Aurelius Severus Alexander Caesar that I will at once undertake the stated service and carry it out, being present, soundly and faithfully, so as to incur no blame in anything; otherwise may I be liable to the oath. I have provided as my own guarantor Aurelius Petseiris son of Didymos, his mother being Tha…ris(?), whom Herakleios also called Sarapion, son of Sarapion, his mother being …, identifies; … both being present and consenting. Year 4 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, Tybi …. [recto, margin] […] lem[…] [… lines lost …] [verso] [… 40 lines lost …]

The nomination was made by a tribal secretary under the rotating liturgy system of the city's tribes and cycles. Severus Alexander is oddly called only Caesar in the oath formula.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Oath of 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.43.3097

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 27. Dez. 224 - 25. Jan. 225 · Oxyrhynchos

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