Sworn promise to appear before the archidikastes at Alexandria TM 20530Oxyrhynchos3. Juli 59
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A copy of a sworn undertaking by Antiphanes son of Ammonios of Oxyrhynchus, addressed to the office of the strategos Tiberius Claudius Ammonios, promising to appear before the archidikastes Sarapion in Alexandria by the end of Epeiph to settle his dispute with Antiphanes son of Heraklas. It is dated 3 July AD 59 and certified by an official assistant.
In English machine translation
Antikatastasis was a mutual agreement between litigants, made before an official, to present themselves at a court. The archidikastes was a senior judicial official in Alexandria.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Promise of Attendance in Court). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
p.oxy.2.260dupl
ἀντίγραφον. Ἀντιφάνης Ἀμμωνίου τῶν ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως τοῖς παρὰ Τιβερίου Κλαυδίου Ἀμμωνίου στρατηγοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν προσόδων τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχείτου. ὀμνύω Νέρωνα Κλαύδιον Καίσαρα Σεβαστὸν Γερμανικὸν Αὐτοκράτορα ἦ μὴν κατὰ τὰ συμφωνηθέντα ἐμοὶ καὶ Ἀντιφάνει Ἡρακλᾶτος ἐξ ἧς ἐποιησάμεθα πρ…