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Deed of surety for a villager of Seryphis given to the house of Apion TM 17941Seryphis (Oxyrhynchites)12. Jan. 620

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A sworn deed of surety in which Aurelius Anoup of the village of Seryphis guarantees to the great house of the late patrician Apion that Aurelius Pamouthios, son of Menas, will stay in the village and be produced whenever required. It was drawn up on 12 January 620 in the Oxyrhynchite nome.

In English machine translation

[recto] ☧ In the name of the Lord and Master Jesus Christ, our God and Saviour. Tybi 16, indiction 8. To the glorious house of the late Apion, of blessed memory, former patrician, through Menas, servant, who makes the formal request and acquires for his own master, the same most renowned man, the right of action and of liability. Aurelius Anoup, son of Menas Kamoul, from the village of Seryphis of the Oxyrhynchite nome: I acknowledge, of my own free will and voluntary choice, swearing the divine and august oath, that I stand surety and take responsibility before you for Aurelius Pamouthios, son of Menas, from the same village, on condition that he shall remain and live continuously in the same village, and when he is sought I will produce him and hand him over without any argument wherever […] [verso] † Surety of Anoup son of […]

Such sureties guaranteed that tenants or workers of the Apion estate would not abscond; the text breaks off before the penalty clauses and signatures.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Deed 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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p.oxy.58.3959

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 12. Jan. 620 · Seryphis (Oxyrhynchites)

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