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Oath of escorts taking custody of men sent to the epistrategos TM 22461Chysis (Oxyrhynchites)207 - 211

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Sworn declaration addressed to Didymos, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome, by two men of Chysis appointed as escorts, one acting through a guarantor. They swear by the emperors Severus, Caracalla and Geta that they have taken custody of several men, including village police officials of Pela, sent by the strategos to the epistrategos Julius Sopatros with a sealed report.

In English machine translation

[recto] To Didymos, strategos of the Oxyrhynchite nome. Tourbon […], whose mother is Seraeus, and Petoseiris, styled son of his mother Saraeus, both from the village of Chysis of the Oxyrhynchite nome, (appointed) for free custody of the same nome, Tourbon acting through me, the guarantor Demetrios son of Amphistos, his mother being Taseus, from Oxyrhynchus city: we swear by the fortune of our lords the Emperors Severus and Antoninus and Geta, Pious Augusti, that we have taken charge of Horion, Herminos and Herakleides, all three sons of Patermouthis, and another Horion son of Thonis, and Sarapas son of Pauseiris, chief of police of the village of Pela, and Pyron son of Didymos, field guard of the same village, and Paieous son of Amois, householder, and Dionysios […] and Horion […], both in charge of the peace, all of them sent up by you in free custody to the most excellent epistrategos Julius Sopatros, together with the sealed document written about them by […]lonoe, which (we swear) to hand over […] […] [… ? lines lost …] [verso] […] of Demetrios son of Amphistos, for free custody […]

"Free custody" (eleuthera teresis) was a form of supervised escort without imprisonment. The archephodos was a village chief of police and the pediophylax a field guard.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Sworn Declaration). 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.47.3346

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 207 - 211 · Chysis (Oxyrhynchites)

[r] Διδύμῳστρατηγῷ Ὀξυρυγχίτου. Τούρβων …[…]… μητρὸς Σεραεῦτος καὶ Πετοσεῖρις χρηματίζων μητρὸς Σαραεῦτος ἀμφότεροι ἀπὸ κώμης Χύσεως τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχείτου νομοῦ ἐπὶ ἐλευθέρας τηρήσεως τοῦ αὐτοῦ νομοῦ, ὁ δὲ Τούρβων διʼ ἐμοῦ τοῦ ἐνγυητοῦ Δημητρίου Ἀμφίστου μητρὸς Τασεῦτος ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων …