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Oath of surety for five plain-guards of the village of Memphis TM 21431unbekannt200 - 211

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A sworn declaration of surety, made under the joint reign of Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta, in which two men guarantee five plain-guards of the village of Memphis and promise to produce them if they go missing, or else be liable themselves.

In English machine translation

[…] Herkoul… […] [From] […] son of Kronion and O[…] […] from the village of Memphis. We swear by the fortune of Lucius Septimius Severus Pius Pertinax and Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Pius and Publius Septimius Geta Caesar, the Augusti, our lords, that we of our own free will and choice stand surety, I, Kronion, for Patas son of Patas and Met[…] […] and Apollonios son of Philadelphos son of Apineus, his mother being Thermouthis, and I, O[…], for Akiaris […] and Eudaimon son of Heron, the five plain-guards (?) of the aforementioned village of Memphis, […] and I will produce them if the two (?) [are] missing […] within […] days from the [present day], I not having […] and […] we seek (?) […] and if [not], I will be liable to them [in all] the matters sought [against them] […] […] […] and […] […] […] seek […]

Pediophylakes were village field or plain guards appointed for local policing. The village of Memphis here is probably a Fayum village rather than the great city of Memphis, given the term kome.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Giuramento). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

DDbDP-text Full record →

p.mil.vogl.4.236

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 200 - 211

[…]… Ἡρκουλ……[…] παρὰ[…]… τοῦ Κρονίωνος καὶ Ο[…] […]ἀπὸ κώμης Μέμφεως· ὀμνύομεν τὴν Λουκίου Σεπτιμίου Σεουήρου Εὐσεβοῦς Περτίνακος καὶ Μάρκου Αὐρηλίου Ἀντωνείνου Εὐσεβοῦς καὶ Πουβλίου Σεπτιμίου Γέτα Καίσαρος Σεβαστῶν τῶν κυρίων τύχην ἑκουσίως καὶ αὐθαιρέτως ἐνγυᾶσθαι ἐγὼ Κρονίων …