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Deed of surety by three men of Psineuris to the pagarch Strategios TM 41024Arsinoiton Polis8. Aug. 600

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Opening of a deed of surety addressed to Flavius Strategios, consul and pagarch of the Arsinoite and Theodosiopolite districts, by three men from the hamlet of Psineuris, who jointly guarantee something now lost. It was written at Arsinoe in August 600 under the emperor Maurice.

In English machine translation

[recto] † In the name of the Lord and Master Jesus Christ, our God and Saviour, in the reign of our most divine and most pious master Flavius Mauricius Tiberius, the eternal Augustus and Imperator, year 18, Mesore 15, 4th indiction, in Arsinoe. To Flavius Strategios, the most celebrated consul, pagarch of the Arsinoite and Theodosiopolite (cities), the Aurelii Ouenaphrios son of […] Jeremiah, and Abraham son of Papnouthios, and Phoibammon son of Ouenaphrios, from the hamlet of Psineuris in the Arsinoite nome, greetings. We acknowledge, with mutual guarantee and of our own free will, that we stand surety and have undertaken […] […] [verso] † Surety of Ouenaphrios son of Jeremiah and Abraham son of Papnouthios and Phoibammon, from the hamlet of Psineuris […].

The object of the surety is lost; such deeds usually guaranteed that a person would remain in his village or appear when summoned. The verso docket identifies the document as an 'engye' (surety).

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as keiner). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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p.lond.1.113_5C

Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

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