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Surety for the appearance of kephalaiotai before the governor's office TM 22358Hypsele28. Juli 372

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A sworn guarantee by Aurelius Apollon, police official (riparius) of Hypsele, addressed to two officials of the governor of the Thebaid. He stands surety that five tax-collecting headmen (kephalaiotai) of the 11th and 14th indictions will appear before the governor's office and stay until the order is carried out, or he will take their place himself. Dated 28 July 372.

In English machine translation

[recto] To Flavius Isidoros and Flavius Theodoros, officials of the staff of the governorship of the Thebaid, Aurelius Apollon, riparius of the city of the Hypselites, greetings. I acknowledge, swearing the divine and venerable oath of our masters the triumphant eternal Augusti, that of my own free will and by my own choice I stand surety for the Aurelii Antinoos son of Chabrias and Aibutios son of Ammonios, from the kephalaiotai of the 11th indiction, and Ammoninos son of Silvanus and Kanopos son of Psais and Ammonios son of Chois through Chois his father, from the kephalaiotai of the 14th indiction, on condition that they present themselves at the governor's office and make their appearance and not depart until what has been ordered is brought to completion; otherwise I myself will fill their place, or may I be liable to the divine oath; and having been asked the formal question, I agreed. In the consulship of Domitius Modestus, most illustrious prefect of the sacred praetorium, and Arintheus, most illustrious, Mesore 4. I, Aurelius Apollon, riparius, stand surety for the aforementioned and will produce them as stated above. [verso] Surety for the kephalaiotai of the 11th and 14th (indictions) of the Hypselites, through Apollon, riparius of the same city.

A riparius was a late Roman local police officer; kephalaiotai were village or guild headmen responsible for collecting levies, here identified by the indiction year of their service.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Gestellungsbürgschaft). 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 · 28. Juli 372 · Hypsele

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