Nomination of water-guards for dykes by village headmen TM 22861Hermopolites

To Flavius Olympiodoros also called Asynkritios, praepositus, and Achilleus son of Eudaimon, both dyke-overseers of the southern parts of the Hermopolite nome, from the Aurelii Pebes son of Kolluthos and Painis […], both village headmen of the village of Ta[…] of the same nome. We present and nominate the water-guards registered below for the guarding of the dyke-cuts and dyke boundaries belonging to us, being men of means and suitable for the service, at our risk and that of all the people of our village, jointly and severally. They are: Silvanus son of […]nychis; Bekis son of Pamonios; […]ion son of Tithoes; Marinus son of Tax[…]; Taurinus son of Silvanus; Bakkis son of Ranis; […] son of Onnophris; Peues son of Hatres; […] son of Pathotes; Horos son of Plousios; for whom we stand surety and we will produce them fulfilling blamelessly the service entrusted to them until their replacement. If any of them deserts and we do not produce him, we ourselves shall bear the responsibility on their behalf, and having been formally asked, we have agreed. In the consulship of Flavii Amantius and Albinus, the most illustrious, Epeiph […]. We, the aforementioned village headmen, nominate those registered below as stated above. I, Aurelius Besarion, guarantor of identity, wrote on their behalf since they do not know letters.