Oath to care for a persea tree planted on the street of Psis TM 16558Oxyrhynchos29. März 323

To the consuls to be designated for the 3rd time. To Dioskourides, logistes of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Horigenes son of Cornelius and Kalamois, leather-worker, and all their partners, from the same city. We agree, swearing the revered divine oath of our masters the invincible emperors, that we will without fail and of necessity devote all care and service and the customary waterings without interruption to the persea tree recently planted by higher order beside our houses on the street (dromos) of Psis, so that it may live and flourish always, and further that we will keep watch and guard over the enclosure of the rebuilding (?) of the same persea tree, so that no blame shall follow; otherwise may we be liable to the divine oath. In the aforesaid consulship, Pharmouthi 3. We, Horigenes and Kalamois, have sworn the divine oath as stated above. I, the same Horigenes, wrote on behalf of the other, who does not know letters. Street of Psis, south side, from the house-plots of Horigenes […] the persea tree, 9