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A royal ordinance, passed on by Aischylos, agent of Sostratos, to Zenon, responding to a petition by the taxiarch Heniochos. A man who had stood surety for Kallias's presence on behalf of Eukles is to be freed from the penalty for overrunning the deadline once he produces Kallias, and the ruling is extended to all such sureties. It dates to year 10 of Ptolemy III (237 BC), probably at Alexandria.
The text implies the petitioner Heniochos was the surety, whereas one catalogue description names Zenon; one record also dates the text to March-April 237 BC. The final clause literally reads 'let them not be shut out of the overdue term', so its exact sense is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as A Royal Decree). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Royal decree answering a request by Zenon, who had failed to produce in court a certain Kallias - for whose appearance he had become surety; the king decrees that Zenon is to be freed from the penalty of having exceeded the fixed term if he produces the person of Kallias, and tha…
βασιλέως προστάξαντος, Αἰσχύλου τοῦ παρὰ Σωστράτου ἀπαγγείλαντος Ζήνωνι, ὑπὲρ οὗ ἐνέτυχεν Ἡνίοχος τῶν Ἀνθίππου ταξίαρχος. εἰ ἔγγυος γεγένηται παραμονῆς Καλλίου πρὸς Εὐκλῆ, καταστήσας τὸ σῶμα ἀφείσθω τῆς ὑπερημερίας, κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ δὲ καὶ ὅσοι ἐγγυῶνται παραμονῆς τινα καταστήσαντες …
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