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Surety for the appearance of Taurinos, given by his brother Theodoros TM 22365Hermopolis28. Jan. 398

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A sworn surety bond from Hermopolis, dated 28 January 398, in which Aurelius Theodoros, an advocate and teacher, guarantees to the night-police official Aurelius Kyros that he will produce his brother Taurinos within ten days, accepting liability himself if he fails.

In English machine translation

[recto] After the consulship of Flavii Caesarius and Atticus, the most illustrious. To Aurelius Kyros son of Philammon, councillor, nyktostrategos in office of Hermopolis the most illustrious, from Aurelius Theodoros son of Periodos, advocate (scholastikos) and teacher of letters (grammatikos), from the same city, who signs below. I acknowledge, swearing by the divine and heavenly fortune of our all-conquering masters Arcadius and Honorius, the eternal Augusti, that of my own free will and choice I stand surety for Aurelius Taurinos son of Periodos, my full brother, from the same city, on condition that he […] within ten days from today, which is Mecheir 3, after […] […] to be […]. If he fails and I do not produce him, I myself will undergo the liability on his behalf; and that I have stated nothing false, or may I be liable to the divine oath and to the danger concerning it; and having been asked the formal question, I acknowledged it. I, Aurelius Theodoros son of Periodos, grammatikos and scholastikos, stand surety for my brother Taurinos so as to […] to produce him within ten days from today. The handwritten document is valid as written above. [verso] Surety for Taurinos son of Periodos from […]

The nyktostrategos was a municipal official responsible for night policing and arrests. The exact obligation of Taurinos is lost in a gap.

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. Jan. 398 · Hermopolis

[r] μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν Φλαυίων Καισαρίου καὶ Ἀττικοῦ τῶν λαμπροτάτων. Αὐρηλίῳ Κύρῳ Φιλάμμωνος πολιτευομένῳ ἐνάρχῳ νυκτοστρατήγῳ Ἑρμοῦ πόλεως τῆς λαμπροτάτης παρὰ Αὐρηλίου Θεοδώρου Περιόδου σχολαστικοῦ καὶ γραμματικοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως ἑξῆς ὑπογράφοντος. ὁμολογῶ ὀμνὺς τὴν θείαν …