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A sworn guarantee in which Aurelius Panisneus son of Psaios, a farmer from the village of Poeis, undertakes that Aurelius Pheus son of Martyrios of the same village will stay in place, appear when required and serve blamelessly. It was sworn by God and the fortune of the emperors Valentinian III and Marcian, at Apollonopolis Heptakomias, AD 450-455.
This is a surety for appearance: the guarantor is liable if the man he vouches for leaves or fails to appear. The addressee's name and title are lost at the start.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Gestellungsbürgschaft). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] …λ…[…]ι[…] Ἀπόλλωνος πόλεως μικρᾶς παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Πανισνεῦτος Ψαίου γεωργοῦ ἀπὸ κώμης Πώεως νομοῦ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως. ὁμολογῶ ὀμνὺς τόν τε παντοκράτορα θεὸν καὶ τὴν θείαν καὶ οὐράνιον τύχην τῶν τὰ πάντα νικώντων δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Φλαυίων Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ Μαρκιανοῦ τῶν α…
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