Sworn declaration by two tax collectors of the village of Philagris in the Arsinoite nome, Hatres son of Menchis (grain dues) and […]es son of Heron (money taxes), addressed to a certain Valerius. They swear by the emperors Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta to attend the tribunal of the prefect Claudius Julianus and answer any summons, naming a fellow villager as guarantor.
In English machine translation
To Valerius […]
[…]
Hatres son of Menchis, collector of grain dues in the allotment(?) through the public farmers, and […]es son of Heron, collector of money taxes, both of the village of Philagris: 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 will attend the most sacred tribunal of our most illustrious prefect Claudius Julianus and will answer wherever we are summoned by herald, or may we be liable to the oath.
We have provided as our surety P[…] son of Didas son of Pa[…] from our village […]
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Claudius Julianus was prefect of Egypt in the early 200s, consistent with the date. The restoration 'in the allotment' in Hatres' title is uncertain.
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.