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Royal oath of a prisoner to the prison guards at Herakleopolis TM 754287Herakleopolites

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A royal oath sworn by Apollonios son of Parmenion, a Cretan of the epigone, to the prison guards Alexandros and Archedemos of the royal prison at Herakleopolis. He swears to present himself to them daily until released by the person who had him arrested, and not to abscond, on pain of paying the sum for which he was arrested plus damages. It is dated to year 29 of Ptolemy II, in the epagomenal days.

In English machine translation

In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy Soter, year 29, on the [...] of the epagomenal days, when Antiochos son of Kebbas was priest of Alexander and the Sibling Gods, and Demodike daughter of Philon was basket-bearer of Arsinoe Philadelphos. Apollonios son of Parmenion, Cretan of the epigone, wrote out an oath to Alexandros and Archedemos, prison guards, [...]: I swear by King Ptolemy son of Ptolemy and Berenike, and by Arsinoe the goddess Philadelphos, and by the Savior Gods their parents, [...] to you in the royal prison in Herakleopolis, (that I will) present myself (?) to you every day until my release is granted by the one who brought me in, and that I will not depart on any pretext whatsoever. If I do not act according to what is written, I will pay the [...] drachmas for which I was arrested, and the damages, and I shall be liable to the impiety of the oath. In the reign of Ptolemy son of Ptolemy Soter, year 29, on the [...] of the epagomenal days, when Antiochos son of Kebbas was priest of Alexander and the Sibling Gods, and Demodike daughter of Philon was basket-bearer of Arsinoe Philadelphos. Oath which Apollonios son of Parmenion, Cretan of the epigone, wrote out to Alexandros and Archedemos [...] [...]

The document is written twice (inner and outer text), the second copy breaking off. Epigone ('descendants') denotes persons born in Egypt to settler families of foreign origin.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Königseid an die Desmophylakes). 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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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text

βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου Σωτῆρος ἔτους κθ ἐπαγομένων […] ἐφ’ ἱερέως Ἀντιόχου τοῦ Κέββα Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν κανηφόρου Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου Δημοδίκης τῆς Φίλωνος. ὅρκον ἐχειρογράφησεν Ἀπολλώνιος Παρμενίωνος Κρὴς τῆς ἐπιγονῆς Ἀλεξάνδρωι καὶ Ἀρχεδήμωι δεσμοφύλαξι…