Surety for the presentation of a recruit to the authorities TM 17726Hermopolis10. Dez. 340

To Aurelius Asklepiades son of Adelphios, former magistrate, councillor, praepositus of the 15th pagus of the Hermopolite nome, from the Aurelii Horos son of Ammonianos, mother Tisois, aged about 51, with a scar on the little finger of the left hand, from the village of Admenthon, and Klomis son of Achilleus, mother Kollauchis, aged about […]2, with a scar on the index finger of the right hand, from the hamlet of Tiberiou in the Hermopolite nome. We acknowledge, swearing by the divine fortune of our all-conquering masters the Augusti, that we have of our own free will and choice stood surety for the Aurelii Horos son of Kastor and Nenis son of Paesis, from the village of Prektis in your pagus, that they will present the recruit (tiro) assigned to them for presentation to the higher authority without any delay or dispute. If they fail in presenting him, we ourselves shall take on the responsibility on their behalf, or may we be liable to the divine oath and to the danger concerning it; and having been asked the formal question, we have agreed. In the consulship of Septimius Acindynus and Populonius Proculus, the most illustrious, Choiak 14. We, the aforesaid, stand surety and will present as stated above. I, Aurelius […], wrote on their behalf because they do not know letters.