Surety for appearance sworn to the propoliteuomenos of Hermopolis TM 16092Hermopolis

A surety declaration from Hermopolis in which Aurelius Achilleus, son of Peteus, a wool-merchant (?) of the Phrourion East quarter, swears by the imperial oath to the propoliteuomenos Sallustius Olympiodoros that he guarantees another man will stay in place and appear when required. The name of the man guaranteed and the rest of the text are lost.

In English machine translation

The propoliteuomenos was a leading municipal official of Late Roman Egypt; the oath by the 'Augusti' points to the 4th or 5th century AD. Guarantees of 'remaining and appearance' bound the surety to produce the person before the authorities.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Gestellungsbürgschaft). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.