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A sworn declaration addressed to the strategos Aurelius Posidonios in which two men of Oxyrhynchus, Theon also called Ammonios and Thonis, guarantee Aurelius Heras son of Diogenes, who is serving as phylarch, promising to produce him whenever required. It is dated in the first year of Valerian and Gallienus.
A phylarch was a ward official of a city tribe responsible for local liturgical duties. The scribe deleted the titles 'Caesars' and 'Felices' from the imperial formula, and the date clause breaks off after the emperors' names.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Deed of Surety for Phylarch). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Αὐρηλίῳ Ποσιδωνίῳ στρατηγῷ Ὀξυρυγχείτου Αὐρήλιοι Θέων ὁ καὶ Ἀμμώνιος Εὐδαίμονος μητρὸς Ἀπολλωνίας καὶ Θῶνις Θώνιος μητρὸς Διογενίδος ἀμφότεροι ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως. ὀμνύομεν τὴν τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν Πουπλίων Λικιννίου Οὐαλεριανοῦ καὶ Γαλλιηνοῦ Σεβαστῶν Εὐσεβῶν τύχην ἑκουσίως καὶ αὐθαι…
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