One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 19256

Sworn surety for the appearance of Euthenia and her children TM 19256unbekannt161 - 169 (?)

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Fragment of a sworn guarantee in which two men, apparently brothers, swear by the fortune of the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus to stand surety jointly for the continued residence and appearance of a woman named Euthenia and her children Hatres and Sotas, promising to produce them when required. It dates to the joint reign of 161-169 AD.

In English machine translation

[…] […] … […] […] … […] … the full brother(s) (?) […] […] we two swear by the fortune of the Aurelii Antoninus and Verus, the lords Augusti, that we voluntarily and of our own free will, on mutual security, stand surety for the remaining and appearance of Euthenia and her children Hatres and Sotas, as […] of […]eilion, whom we shall also produce whenever they are sought. If we do not produce them, we the brothers […] … […] sought […] […]

The 'remaining and appearance' (monē kai emphaneia) guarantee is a standard formula binding guarantors to ensure a person stays in place and can be produced before the authorities.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Garanzia giurata). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

cpr.15.19r

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 161 - 169 (?)

[… ? lines lost …] […]…[…] […]…[…]…το ὁμοπα[…] […] οἱ δύο ὀμνύομεν τὴν Αὐρηλίων Ἀντωνείνου καὶ Οὐήρου τῶν κυρίων Σεβαστῶν τύχην ἑκουσίως καὶ αὐθαιρέτως ἐξ ἀλληλεγγύης ἐνγυᾶσθαι μονῆς καὶ ἐμφανείας Εὐθηνίαν καὶ ταύτης τέκνα Ἁτρῆν καὶ Σώταν ὡς […]ειλίωνος οὓς καὶ παραστήσομεν ὁπηνί…