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Surety bond for the appearance of Kollouthos son of Kyriakos TM 19349Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)23. Juli 535

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The end of a surety bond in which the priest Joseph son of Iakybios guarantees, under divine oath, to produce Kollouthos son of Kyriakos, whether he is in monastic or lay dress, or else pay 2 ounces of gold. Two witnesses sign and the scribe Victor writes the document, at Aphrodito in 535.

In English machine translation

[recto] [… lines lost …] whether in monastic or in the same lay habit […] (if) I do not produce him to her, I the guarantor undertake of my own resources to pay on his account 2 ounces of gold at my own risk and that of my property, and (I swear) that I have told no lie, or may I be liable to the divine oath and to the peril attached to it; and to all this I have agreed. † † I, Joseph, priest, son of Iakybios, the aforementioned, stand surety for the aforementioned Kollouthos son of Kyriakos and have sworn the divine oath as stated above. † I, Anouphis son of Psenthaesis, priest, witness the surety, having heard it from the one who made it. † I, Aurelius Ioannes son of Hermaos, witness the surety, having heard it from the one who made it. † Written by me, Victor son of Apoll[…] [verso] …

The person to whom Kollouthos is to be produced is a woman ("to her"), whose name is lost with the opening lines. The mention of monastic or lay dress suggests the guaranteed man might try to escape by becoming a monk.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Frammento di malleveria). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 23. Juli 535 · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

[r] [… ? lines lost …] ἢ μοναχικὸς ἢ τῷ αὐτῷ παγανικῷ σχήματι […] αὐτὸν μὴ παρέξω αὐτῇ, ἐγὼ ὁ ἐγγυητὴς οἴκοθεν ἐπιγνώσομαι περὶ τοῦτον ἀπολογήσασθαι χρυσοῦ οὐγκίας δύο ἰδίῳ μου κινδύνῳ καὶ τῆς ἐμῆς ὑποστάσεως, καὶ μηδὲν διεψεῦσθαι, ἢ ἔνοχος εἴην τῷ θείῳ ὅρκῳ καὶ τῷ περὶ τούτου ἐπ…