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Fragment of a sworn declaration by a strategos (district governor) at Oxyrhynchus, undertaking to carry out the nominations of liturgists honestly and to attend to his office continuously. He names Aurelius Ammonios as his guarantor. It dates to the mid-3rd century AD.
Liturgists were men compelled to perform unpaid public services; the strategos was responsible for nominating them. The beginning and end of the oath are lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Declaration by a Strategus). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] […]ης ὥστε καὶ τὰς ἀναδόσεις τῶν λειτουργῶν ποιήσασθαι ὑγιῶς καὶ πιστῶς καὶ προσκαρτερῶν τῇ στρατηγίᾳ ἀδιαλείπτως εἰς τὸ ἐν μηδενὶ μεμφθῆναι, ἢ ἔνοχος εἴην τῷ ὅρκῳ. παρέσχον δʼ ἐμαυτοῦ ἐγγυητὴν Αὐρήλιον Ἀμμώνιον[…] [… ? lines lost …]
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