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Surety for the appearance of a soldier, addressed to the pagarch Flavius Theodorakios TM 70244Herakleopolis (Herakleopolites, Ägypten)Mitte VII

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A surety bond in which Iohannes, a tailor of Herakleopolis, guarantees to produce the soldier Georgios, son of Pseeios, whenever he is sought and to hand him over to the public prison, or else answer for him. It was addressed to Flavius Theodorakios, stratelates and pagarch of Herakleopolis, and written by the notary Kyros in the mid-7th century AD.

In English machine translation

[recto] [… lines lost …] […] […] […] […] […] […] Iohannes, tailor, son of the late Kollouthos, from Herakleopolis, greetings. I, the aforementioned Iohannes, acknowledge that willingly and of my own free choice, by this my written security, I stand surety with you and undertake responsibility for Georgios, soldier, son of the late Pseeios, former […], from the same city; and moreover, when he is sought on any day whatsoever for any reason whatsoever, I will bring him forward and hand him over to you in the public prison without argument, where I also received him. If I do not do this, I am liable to make the defence on his behalf in all matters sought against him. The surety is valid, and having been asked the formal question I gave my assent and delivered it. † I, Iohannes son of Kollouthos, agree to this as stated above. † I, Kyros son of Iohannes, wrote on his behalf, since he is illiterate. † Through me, Kyros, notary. [verso] [Surety given] by Iohannes, tailor, son of Kollouthos, from Herakleopolis, […] standing surety for Georgios, soldier, son of Pseeios, from the same city, to Flavius Theodorakios, the most glorious stratelates and pagarch of Herakleopolis […] †

The pagarch was the official in charge of a district (pagarchy) in Byzantine and early Arab Egypt; such surety bonds guaranteed that a person released from custody would reappear. The opening address lines 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 Dichiarazione di garanzia al pagarco Flavius Theodorakios). 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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