Caution
A fisherman gives security for a man who is responsible for the provision of fish products for the emperor's (Caracalla's) visit
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Surety for a fisherman appointed to supply fish products for Caracalla's visit TM 17553Panopolis, Panopolite nome, Province of Egypt215-216 A.D.
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A sworn declaration of surety addressed to the strategos of the Panopolite nome, in which the fisherman Aurelius Kolleetis guarantees the appearance of another fisherman, Psais, who had been appointed to prepare fish sauce and salted fish for the emperor Caracalla's visit to Egypt. It dates to AD 215-216, from Panopolis.
In English machine translation
To Aurelius Diogenes, strategos of the Panopolite nome,
from Aurelius Kolleetis son of Akes, his mother being Senkales, fisherman from Phenebythis.
I acknowledge that I willingly and of my own choice stand surety for Psais son of Psais, his mother being Tekos, fisherman, who has been nominated for the preparation of garum and fine salted fish and fish for the most auspicious visit of our lord Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Parthicus Maximus Britannicus Maximus Germanicus Maximus Pius Augustus, and I swear by the fortune of our lord that I will produce the aforementioned man. If I do not produce him, I myself shall be liable for all the claims that will be made against him.
Year 24 of Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Parthicus Maximus Britannicus Maximus [Germanicus Maximus Pius Augustus.]
Garum was a fermented fish sauce widely used in Roman cooking. The emperor named is Caracalla, whose visit to Egypt took place in 215-216.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Caution). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.