Surety bond for Apa Pok addressed to the riparius of Aphrodite TM 19346Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)28. Sept. 538

[recto] χμγ † In the consulship of Flavius Ioannes the most glorious, Phaophi 1, second indiction. To Claudius Apollos, the respected riparius of the village of Aphrodite in the Antaiopolite nome, from those who sign below, from the same village of Aphrodite, each being bound by his own signature. We acknowledge, swearing by God Almighty and by the victory and permanence of our master Flavius Justinian the eternal Augustus and Emperor, that we stand surety for and have taken responsibility for Apa Pok son of Abraamios, his mother being Apostolia, from the same village, on condition that he remains in the same village and that he is not found to have done anything improper in any transaction whatsoever, open or secret, or forged, or in any (?) or fault; and whenever he is sought by your diligence, we will bring him forward and hand him over to you in a public place, outside holy precincts and divine images and the holy church, in the condition in which we received him. If he does not do this, we the sureties are ready to pay you 12 gold solidi each according to the signature, at our own risk and from the resources of our property. To this and to everything we have agreed. † Aurelius Ioseph son of Phios […] I stand surety […] † Aurelius Ioannes son of Psoios, I stand surety for […] [… 3 lines lost …] [verso] † Surety given on behalf of Papos