Declaration on Oath
Declaration on oath regarding the property of at least two ladies.
One text, 3 sources · Trismegistos-Text 18474
Fragment of a declaration on oath concerning property of Plutarche and others TM 18474unknown197/198 CE (?)
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Fragment of a sworn declaration made by the fortune of the reigning emperors, mentioning women including one named Plutarche and apparently concerning property. It dates to year 6 of an emperor, probably Septimius Severus, about AD 197-198.
In English machine translation
[… ? lines lost …]
[…]autos […]
[…]ias and Plutarche, [the] four […]
[…] [and I swear] by the [fortune] of our lords the Emperors […]
[…] [or may I be liable] to the oath. Year 6 of Imperator Caesar […]
[…] being dragged out until this (?) and of the […]
[…] Plutarche of the places […]
[…] [of Imperator] Caesar Lucius […]
The plural 'lords the Emperors' and 'Lucius' fit Septimius Severus and Caracalla, whose year 6 is AD 197/198. The object description says the oath concerns the property of at least two women.
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.1.40
[… ? lines lost …] […]αυτος […]…[…] […]ιάδος καὶ Πλουτάρχης τῶν τεσσάρων[…] […]καὶ ὀμνύω τὴν τῶν κυρίων Αὐτοκρατόρων[…]τύχην[…] […]ἢ ἔνοχος εἴην τῷ ὅρκῳ. ἔτους ϛ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος[…] […] μέχρι τούτου διελκομένου καὶ τῆς […] […] Πλουτάρχην τῶν τόπων […] […]Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρο…