Declaration on oath
This papyrus contains the end of a document, followed by a declaration on oath by one of the parties concerned.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 18472
Declaration on oath by the fortune of Commodus TM 18472unknown180-192 CE
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Fragment of the end of a document followed by a sworn declaration by one of the parties, sworn by the fortune of the emperor Commodus. The declarant affirms that something has passed the aforementioned year and belongs to (or is of) a woman named Herous.
In English machine translation
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I swear by the fortune of Aurelius Commodus Antoninus the lord
that (it/he) has passed the aforementioned year and belongs to
Herous [...] to me
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The subject of 'has passed the aforementioned year' is lost, so what is being sworn to is uncertain; the word 'symmik-' (mixed) at the top may belong to the preceding document.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declaration on Oath). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.leid.inst.1.38
[… ? lines lost …] […]……τος […]…α…… […]…τ…… […]ς συμμικ ὀμνύω τὴν Αὐρηλίου Κομμόδου Ἀντωνείνου τοῦ κυρίου τύχην ἐγβεβηκέναι τὸ προκίμενον ἔτος καὶ εἶναι τῆς Ἡροῦτος ἀπο[…]…[…]ν μοι … ιϛ […] .νημ κ[…] [… ? lines lost …]