Nomination of water-guards by the komarchs of Patelkios TM 22859Hermopolites20. Aug. 345

To Flavius Olympiodoros alias Asynkritios and Achilleus, son of Eudaimon, chomatepeiktes (dike overseer) of the southern parts of the Hermopolite nome, from the Aurelii […] son of Phibis and P[…], both village headmen (komarchai) from the hamlet of Patelkios in the same nome. We present and nominate for the water-guard service of the dike-breach […] and of the boundaries […], at our own risk and that of all the people of the village by mutual guarantee, the persons registered below, being men of means and suitable for this, on condition that they […] from now on and take charge of the water-guard service entrusted to them blamelessly and without deserting their post. They are: the Aurelii Serenos son of Py[…]itos, Horion son of Taurinos, Leus son of Akes, Serenos son of Chonsis, Alexandros son of Silvanus, Phibis son of Melas, Elias son of Salamon, Aroous son of Proous, Soeis son of Kastor, Apollon son of Premmeotes, whom we guarantee will blamelessly fulfil the water-guard service entrusted to them. If any of them fails and we do not produce him, we ourselves shall bear responsibility on his behalf. And having been asked the formal question, we have agreed as written above. In the consulship of Flavii Amantius and {Amantius} (Albinus), the most illustrious, Mesore 27. We, the aforementioned komarchai, have submitted this as written above. I, Aurelius Anoubas, scribe of the same hamlet, wrote on their behalf, since they do not know letters.