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Sworn declaration of Kellis villagers to the office of the dux concerning Genas TM 20289Kellis (Oasis Magna)352

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A sworn declaration addressed to the office of the dux by a large group of villagers of Kellis, including a priest and a deacon, guaranteeing that a man named Genas will suffer no unjust harassment after an accusation made out of enmity involving Hatres, son of a priest of the catholic church. It dates to AD 352 and was signed on behalf of the illiterate declarants by several village scribes.

In English machine translation

[…] of the staff (?) of my lord the most eminent dux, from the [undersigned from the village of Kellis in the Mothite] nome. Since out of enmity and hostility Hatres […] son of Ouonsis, priest (presbyter) of the catholic church, being […] this did not happen, we declare, swearing by Almighty God and the piety of our all-conquering eternal masters: having renounced the folly (?), and never having heard that he was in our village, we ourselves give the […] guarantee that the aforementioned Genas shall suffer no harassment without reason, in the benevolence of these most fortunate times. In the consulship of our masters Constantius Augustus for the 5th time and Constantius the most illustrious Caesar for the 1st time. Aurelii Paminis, priest, and Pkour[…], deacon, and Cholos, another, and Psenpnouthes […] and Psais son of Tryphanes and Timotheos son of Loudon and Loudon son of L[…]. I, Aurelius Sarapammon son of Psais, from the same village, wrote for them since they do not know letters. Aurelii […] and Pebos son of Tithoes and […]rion his brother and […] son of Tithoes and Tithoes his brother and Geneilos […] and […] son of Besas son of Psais and Ampelios son of Akoutios. I, Aurelius Pamouris son of Psais, from the same village, wrote for them since they do not know letters. Aurelius Kapiton son of Korax and Horos […]; Aurelius Timotheos son of Timotheos, from the same village, wrote for them since they do not know letters. […] and Maron his brother and Klodios likewise and Psenouphis likewise, also called Besas, [and …] [and …] [and] Tithoes son of Spou[…] and Pinouta son of Genas son of Cholos and Taa (?) and Tithoes […] [also called] Pataias and Psais his brother and Pebos son of Kallikles. I, Aurelius Syros son of Besas, from the village of Kellis, wrote for them since they do not know letters. [verso] […] we have submitted […] […] Aurelius Tis. […]

The dux was the military commander of the province; the declarants swear both by Almighty God and by the emperors, an early Christian oath formula. The precise nature of the dispute is lost in the gaps of the opening lines.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Official Declaration to the Office of the Dux). 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 · 352 · Kellis (Oasis Magna)

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