One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 22753
Surety oath for a fruit dealer supplying the city of Hermopolis TM 22753Hermopolis15. - 23. Juni 306
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Two copies of a sworn guarantee in which an unnamed guarantor stands surety for Aurelius Achilleus son of Achilleus and Tabinis, of Hermopolis, a fruit dealer obliged to supply the city with seasonal fruits. The guarantor promises to produce him on demand or to answer for him himself. Dated June 306 at Hermopolis.
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from Hermopolis, registered in the quarter of Phrourion Apeliotes, fruit-seller (?), serving the city in the supply of the seasonal kinds of all fruits brought in for its need, without shortfall and without interruption; and I will produce him whenever he is sought, fulfilling the aforesaid duties. If I do not produce him, I myself will bear the responsibility on his behalf, or I shall be liable to the divine oath and to the danger concerning it; and being asked the formal question, I gave my assent.
Year 14 of our lords Constantius and Maximianus Augusti and year 2 of our lords Severus and Maximinus the most illustrious Caesars, Pauni 2[…]
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[by the] fortune of the most illustrious Caesars, that I have of my own free will and choice stood surety for Aurelius Achilleus son of Achilleus, his mother being Tabinis, from Hermopolis, registered in the same quarter of Phrourion Apeliotes, fruit-seller (?), serving the city in the supply of the seasonal kinds of all fruits brought in for its need, without shortfall and without interruption; and I will produce him whenever he is sought, fulfilling the aforesaid duties. If I do not produce him, I myself will bear the responsibility on his behalf, or I shall be liable to the divine oath and to the danger concerning it; and being asked the formal question, I gave my assent. Year 14 of our lords Constantius and Maximianus Augusti […]
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The word karpones (fruit dealer or purchaser of produce) has no exact English equivalent; such guarantees bound tradesmen to compulsory supply services for the city. The guarantor's name is lost in both copies.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. 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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