Contract of Surety
Greatly damaged contract of surety, probably involving Pancratius, son of Ptolemaeus and brother of Isidorus.
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Contract of surety by Pankratis and Aphphes TM 17379Kom Aushim (Karanis)306/307 A.D.
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The end of a contract of surety from Karanis, dated by the regnal years of the emperors Maximianus, Severus, Maximinus and Constantine (AD 306-307). Two men, Aurelius Pankratis and Aurelius Aphphes, declare that they have stood surety as stated, and Aurelius Demetrios signs for them because they cannot write.
In English machine translation
[… lines lost …]
and having been asked the formal question, I agreed.
Year 15 and 3 and 1 of our lords Maximianus and Severus Augusti and Maximinus and Constantinus the most noble Caesars.
We, Aurelii Pankratis and Aphphes, have stood surety as aforesaid. I, Aurelius Demetrios, wrote on their behalf, as they are illiterate.
Only the closing formula, date and subscription survive; the body of the contract is lost. Pankratis is probably the brother of Isidoros, whose archive this text belongs to.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Contract of Surety). 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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[… ? lines lost …] καὶ ἐπερωτηθεὶς ὡμολόγησα. ἔτους ιε καὶ γ καὶ α τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν Μαξιμιανοῦ καὶ Σευήρου Σεβαστῶν καὶ Μαξιμίνου καὶ Κωνσταντίνου τῶν ἐπιφανεστάτων Καισάρων. Αὐρήλιοι Πανκράτις καὶ Ἀφφῆς ἐνγεγυήκαμεν ὡς πρόκιται. Αὐρήλιος Δημήτριος ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἀγραμμάτων.