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Sworn declaration by three men from the village of Bousiris, two of them with guarantors, appointed as night-watchmen, swearing by the fortune of the emperor Commodus to guard the village by night for one year without fault and to bear responsibility if anything goes wrong. It dates to the reign of Commodus (AD 180-192).
The opening, including the addressee and the first watchman's name, is lost. The exact party bearing the risk is lost in a gap.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sacramentum vigilium nocturnorum). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[…] φ[…] Βαρβίλλου Σερᾶτος καὶ Μύστης Ἀχήους μετʼ ἐγγύου Ἁρμάχιος Μύστου καὶ Ἁρμᾶχις Ἁρυώτου μετʼ ἐγγύου Παχθίνιος Παώμιος οἱ πάντες ἀπὸ κώμης Βουσείρεως οἱ γ κατασταθέντες νυκτοφύλακες τῆς αὐτῆς ὀμνύομεν τὴν Αὐρηλίου Κομμόδου Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου τύχην ἀντιλήμψεσθαι τῆς…
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