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A sworn declaration by Aurelius Zoilas of Oxyrhynchus to the strategos Aurelius Philiarchos alias Horion, promising to appear before the prefect Marcus Aurelius Diogenes and to bring a case against certain village officials (komarchs). It dates to early in Diocletian's reign, 284-286.
Komarchs were village headmen responsible for local administration. The scribe began writing a different name (Sal...) before the prefect's name Diogenes and deleted it.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declaration concerning Appearance in Court). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Αὐρηλίῳ Φιλιάρχῳ τῷ καὶ Ὡρίωνι στρατηγῷ Ὀξυρυγχίτου Αὐρήλιος Ζοϊλᾶς Θεογένους μητρὸς Ταύριος ἀπὸ τῆς λαμπρᾶς καὶ λαμπροτάτης Ὀξυρυγχειτῶν πόλεως. ὀμνύω τὴν τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Γαίου Οὐαλερίου Διοκλητιανοῦ Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ τύχην ἐμφανῆ ἐμαυτὸν καταστήσασθαι τῷ διασημοτάτῳ ἡμῶν ἡγεμόν…
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