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Sworn declaration of surety for Aurelius Serenos TM 21921Oxyrhynchos260 - 261

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Sworn declaration in which Aurelius Philantinoos, also called Moros, stands surety before the strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome for Aurelius Serenos of Oxyrhynchus, swearing by the fortune of the emperors Macrianus and Quietus. The text, from Oxyrhynchus in AD 260-261, breaks off and a second declaration is entirely lost.

In English machine translation

[1] To Aurelius Ptolemaios also called Nemesianos, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, from Aurelius Philantinoos also called Moros, son of Besarion, and however I am styled. I swear by the fortune of our lords Macrianus and Quietus Augusti that I willingly and of my own free choice stand surety for Aurelius Serenos, son of Kastor, his mother being Thermouthion, from the city of Oxyrhynchus, whom I will also [produce to you …] […] [2] […]

The oath by Macrianus and Quietus, usurpers recognized in Egypt in 260-261, dates the document closely. The second declaration on the papyrus does not survive.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Two Declarations of Surety). 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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p.oxy.12.1555

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 260 - 261 · Oxyrhynchos

[1] Αὐρηλίῳ Πτολεμαίῳ τῷ καὶ Νεμεσιανῷ στρατηγῷ Ὀξυρυγχίτου Αὐρήλιος Φιλαντίνοος ὁ καὶ Μῶρος Βησαρίωνος καὶ ὡς χρηματίζω. ὀμνύω τὴν τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν Μακριανοῦ καὶ Κυιήτου Σεβαστῶν τύχην ἑκουσίως καὶ αὐθαιρέτως ἐγγυᾶσθαι Αὐρήλιον Σερῆνον Κάστορος μητρὸς Θερμουθίου ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλ…