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Sworn registration of a cargo boat by a captain TM 21245Oxyrhynchos17. Juli 299

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A sworn declaration by the boat captain Aurelius Thonis to Aurelius Zenagenes, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, registering a cargo boat owned by a councillor of Oxyrhynchus, in response to an order of the catholicus Pomponius Domnus that all shipowners register their vessels. It was written at Oxyrhynchus in July 299.

In English machine translation

[recto] In the consulship of our lords the Emperors Diocletian for the 7th time and Maximian for the 6th time, Augusti. To Aurelius Zenagenes, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Aurelius Thonis, and however he is styled, captain of […] a skaphoploros-boat of a capacity of […] artabas […]. In accordance with the orders of the most perfect catholicus Pomponius Domnus that every shipowner register the ships he possesses, and in conformity with what was ordered by […], I register […] also called Dioskourides, hypomnematographos and councillor of the glorious and most glorious city of the Oxyrhynchites, the aforesaid ship of a capacity of […] artabas […], which happens to be under the shipping order (?) of the […] of the Herakleopolite nome, swearing the divine oath that I have made no false statement, or may I be liable to the oath. Year 15 and year 14 of our lords Diocletian and Maximian Augusti and year 7 of our lords Constantius and Maximian, most illustrious Caesars, Epeiph 23. I, Aurelius Thonis, register, under oath, the ship as stated above. I, Aurelius […], wrote on his behalf since he does not know letters. [verso] [… lines lost …] litrai

The catholicus was a high imperial finance official; the skaphoploros was a type of Nile cargo boat. The owner's first name and the boat's capacity are lost.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Ἀπογραφή di un’ imbarcazione). 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 · 17. Juli 299 · Oxyrhynchos

[r] ἐπὶ ὑπάτων τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν Αὐτοκρατόρων Διοκλητιανοῦ τὸ ζ καὶ Μαξιμιανοῦ τὸ ϛ Σεβαστῶν. Αὐρηλίῳ Ζηναγένει στρατηγῷ Ὀξυρυγχίτου παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Θωνείου, καὶ ὡς χρηματίζει, κυβερνήτου […]…ικου σκαφοπλώρου ἀγωγῆς ἀρταβῶν[…] […]… κατὰ τὰ κελευσθέντα ὑπὸ τοῦ διασημοτάτου καθολικοῦ Π…