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Oath on undertaking service as assistant to the strategos TM 16556Oxyrhynchos20. Dez. 303

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An oath sworn by the emperors' fortune in which Aurelius Sarapiakos undertakes to perform a service as assistant (hyperesia) to the strategos, promising to be present and obedient at all times. Aurelius Adrastos stands as his guarantor, and a third person signs for both since they are illiterate. Written at Oxyrhynchus on 20 December 303.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] [...] [the] service of the strategos for the current 20th and 19th and 12th year, I swear by the fortune of our lords the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian Augusti and Constantius and Maximian the most illustrious Caesars that I will undertake the said service and carry it out, being present and obeying the orders given to me without interruption, so as to be blamed in nothing; or may I be liable to the divine oath. I have provided as my guarantor Aurelius Adrastos from the same city, who is present and consents. Year 20 and year 19 of our lords Diocletian and Maximian Augusti and year 12 of our lords Constantius and Maximian the most illustrious Caesars, Choiak 23. I, Aurelius Sarapiakos, swore the oath. I, Aurelius Adrastos, stand surety for him as stated above. I, Aurelius [...], wrote on their behalf, as they do not know letters.

The opening, with the addressee and the swearer's full identification, is lost; the guarantor's name in the body is restored from the subscription. Hyperesia denotes service as an attendant or subordinate official of the strategos.

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 Undertaking Service). 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.36.2765

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 20. Dez. 303 · Oxyrhynchos

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