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Oath of surety for an epiplous of Lower Psobthis TM 21618Psobthis Kato (Oxyrhynchites)17. Dez. 138

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A sworn declaration addressed to the strategos Petronius Dionysius by Horos son of Horos, a villager of Lower Psobthis, guaranteeing that he will produce Dionysios son of Eutyches, an Oxyrhynchite living in Psobthis who had been appointed epiplous, whenever required, or answer for him himself. It was written in December 138 in the Oxyrhynchite nome, with a scribe signing for the illiterate Horos.

In English machine translation

To Petronius Dionysius, strategos, from Horos son of Horos son of Totoes, his mother being Tetsora…s (?), from the village of Lower Psobthis. I swear by Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius that I of my own free will stand surety for Dionysios son of Eutyches, his mother being Taamous, from the city of Oxyrhynchus, residing in the same Psobthis, who has become an epiplous, and I will produce him in person whenever he is sought, outside every place of asylum and every protection, or I will myself answer for him, or may I be liable to the oath. Year 2 of Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, month Hadrianos 21. (2nd hand) I, Horos son of Horos son of Totoes, have sworn the oath and stand surety for Dionysios as stated above. I, Thonas also called Theonas son of Or…tos, wrote on his behalf because he does not know letters. Hor… […]

An epiplous was a liturgical official who accompanied grain shipments by boat to guard the cargo; the term has no exact English equivalent. Hadrianos 21 is the honorific month name for Choiak 21.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declaration on Oath). 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. Dez. 138 · Psobthis Kato (Oxyrhynchites)

Πετρωνίῳ Διονυσίῳ στρατηγῷ Ὧρος Ὥρου τοῦ Τοτοέως μητρὸς Τετσορα…δος ἀπὸ κώμης Ψώβθεως κάτω. ὀμνύω Αὐτοκράτορα Καίσαρα Τίτον Αἴλιον Ἁδριανὸν Ἀντωνεῖνον Σεβαστὸν Εὐσεβῆ ἑκουσίως ἐνγυᾶσθαι Διονύσιον Εὐτύχου μητρὸς Τααμοῦτος ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως καταγεινόμενον ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ Ψώβθει γενάμ…