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Sworn declaration to the riparii concerning a missing villager TM 20360Iseion Zapitu (Oxyrhynchites)346

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A sworn declaration by four villagers, including a village elder, to the two riparii (police officials) of the Oxyrhynchite nome. Ordered to find and produce a certain Chous son of Herakleios, they swear by the imperial oath that he is no longer in their village and that they do not know his whereabouts. Written in AD 346.

In English machine translation

In the consulship of our masters Constantius for the 4th time and Constans for the 3rd time, Augusti. To Flavius Eulogios and Flavius Dionysarios, riparii of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from the Aurelii Amois son of Horos, Patapis son of Paesios, Sarmates, elder (presbyteros), and Papnoutios son of Paesios, all from the village of Istros (?) in the 7th pagus. Your diligence instructed us to search for and produce Chous son of Herakleios, who was alleged to be from our village. Accordingly we declare, swearing the revered divine oath of our masters the Augusti, that Chous is no longer in our village and that we do not know where he is, and that we have told no lie, or may we be liable to the divine oath. […] […]

Riparii were late Roman police officials responsible for public order and producing wanted persons. The village name in the text (Istros) differs from the place given in the records (Iseion Zapitu).

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declaration to Riparii). 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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p.oxy.6.897

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 346 · Iseion Zapitu (Oxyrhynchites)

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