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Surety for the appearance of a diastoleus of the fourth pagus TM 21100Hermopolites

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Fragmentary surety contract from the Hermopolite nome in which Aurelius […] guarantees the appearance and faithful service of a man appointed diastoleus of the fourth pagus, under the prefect Flavius Antonius Domitianus. The guarantor promises to produce him and to answer for him if he defaults; the document is dated Hathyr 23 of a consulship named in the lost opening.

In English machine translation

[… ? lines lost …] […] […] […] […] of my lord the most illustrious prefect Flavius Antonius Domitianus, as diastoleus of the fourth pagus of the same nome, whom I shall also produce, blamelessly carrying out the duty of the diastoleus with good faith and soundness and not absconding. If he defaults and I do not produce him, I myself shall bear the responsibility on his behalf, or I shall be liable to the divine oath and to the risk concerning this, and having been asked the formal question I have agreed. In the aforementioned consulship, Hathyr 23. I, Aurelius […], son of […]outhios, the aforementioned, stand surety and shall produce him as stated above. Written by me, Eponychos. (Docket:) Of the agreement.

A diastoleus was a local official involved in checking and distributing payments or deliveries; there is no exact English equivalent. The pagus was a fiscal district of the nome in the 4th century AD.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Gestellungsbürgschaft für einen ΔΙΑΣΤΟΛΕΥΣ). 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.heid.4.308

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · Hermopolites

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