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Oath to deliver clothing for a gladiatorial school to Alexandria TM 22366Hermopolis6. März 261

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A sworn declaration by Aurelius Achilleus of the East City quarter of Hermopolis, appointed by the city scribes to oversee the making and shipment of public clothing for a gladiatorial school. He swears by the Fortune of the emperors Macrianus and Quietus to deliver the city's third share of tunics, leggings and Syrian garments to the office of the iuridicus in Alexandria in Epeiph, and to bring back the customary receipts.

In English machine translation

[…] […] to the officialis (?) […] […] I, Aurelius Achilleus, registered in the quarter of the City East, appointed by those who were then scribes of the city to the supervision, manufacture and transport of the public garments of the gladiatorial school (ludus) for the past 7th year of the preceding reign, swear by the Fortune of our Lords Macrianus and Quietus Augusti that I will carry down to the most splendid Alexandria and deliver in the month of Epeiph of the present 1st year to the office of his excellency the iuridicus, or to whomever I may be ordered, the third part falling to the city, namely 147 pairs of tunics, … pairs of leggings, and 87 Syrian garments, for the past 7th year, and that I will bring to your valour the customary documents of the delivery; or may I be liable to the divine oath. And having been asked the formal question, I agreed. Year 1 of the Emperors Caesars Titus Fulvius Junius Macrianus and Titus Fulvius Junius Quietus, Pious, Fortunate, Augusti, Phamenoth 10. I, Aurelius Achilleus, swore the foregoing oath and will transport and deliver as stated above.

The 'past 7th year of the preceding reign' refers to Valerian and Gallienus; Macrianus and Quietus were usurpers recognized in Egypt in 260-261. The iuridicus (Greek dikaiodotes) was a Roman judicial official at Alexandria.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Kleiderlieferung für die Gladiatorenschule). 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 · 6. März 261 · Hermopolis

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