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A sworn declaration addressed to the strategos of the Memphite nome by Diogenes son of Imouthes of the village of Psoaphre, who had been nominated by the village scribe to serve as a river guard in a patrol boat on the Nile. He swears by the emperor's fortune (Caracalla) to guard the stretch from a village anchorage to Sykaminos day and night, and names two sureties.
The emperor named as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus is Caracalla. The halias was a light boat used for policing the river; this was a compulsory liturgical service.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Oath of Guard). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Καλπουρνίῳ Ἰσιδώρῳ τῷ καὶ Ἁρποκρατίωνι στρατηγῷ Μεμφίτου Διογένης Ἰμούθου μητρὸς Ἡραΐδος ἀπὸ κώμης Ψοαφρῆ τοῦ αὐτοῦ νομοῦ, ἀναδοθεὶς ἅμʼ ἄλλοις ὑπὸ τοῦ τῆς κώμης κωμογραμματέως εἰς τὸ παραφυλάξαι ἐν ἁλιάδι ἐν τῷ μεγάλῳ ποταμῷ ἀπὸ ὅρμου κώμης …αχεφρῆ μεχρὶ Συκαμείνου, ὀμνύω τὴν το…
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