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Sworn declaration with guarantor to the staff of the governor of the Thebaid TM 20273Kellis (Oasis Magna)25. Juli - 23. Aug. 301

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A sworn declaration addressed to the staff of the governor of the Thebaid by an Aurelius from Hibis, son of Pasaito[…] and Tsenenteris, sworn by the fortune of the Tetrarchs. He refers to two persons whose mother was Tbekis and to records of proceedings, asks for the return of produce, and names a guarantor from Madiophris. It was written in Mesore of AD 301 and found at Kellis.

In English machine translation

In the consulship of Postumius Titianus and Virius Nepotianus. To the staff […] of the praeses of the Thebaid, with […], officialis of the same staff, attending […] From Aurelius […] son of Pasaito[…], his mother being Tsenenteris, from the city of the Ibitai (Hibis) […] […] I acknowledge, swearing by the heavenly fortune of our lords Diocletian and Maximian Augusti and Constantius and Maximian the most illustrious Caesars, […] […] the two (sons?) of the mother Tbekis, and further also of your own staff […] Nouphis (?) in accordance with what was entered in the records […] of the present month Mesore, and I ask that the produce […] be returned to me; and I have provided as my guarantor, present and consenting, Aurelius […] son of Pekysis, from the village of Madiophris in the Hibite nome. [… lines lost …]

The officium (taxis) is the administrative staff of the governor (hegoumenos, praeses) of the Thebaid; an officialis is a member of that staff. The exact matter in dispute is lost in the gaps.

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.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 25. Juli - 23. Aug. 301 · Kellis (Oasis Magna)

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