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Oath of beekeepers of Oxyrhynchus to the strategos and royal scribe TM 78615Oxyrhynchos15. Sept. 45

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A sworn declaration by a group of beekeepers of Oxyrhynchus, led by Herakleios son of Peteuris and his brothers, addressed to the strategos Gaius Iulius E[…] and the royal scribe Galation. The substance of the oath is largely lost but refers to a situation existing since the time of Maximus; it was sworn by the Emperor Claudius in AD 45.

In English machine translation

[Fragment 1] Herakleios son of Peteuris and his brothers Totoes and Peteuris, and Horses son of Horos, and Hasychis son of Peteuris, and Sarapion son of Sarapion, and Ptolemaios son of A[…], and the other beekeepers from the city of Oxyrhynchus, to […] Gaius Iulius E[…], strategos, and Galation, royal scribe of the Oxyrhynchite nome. We swear by Tiberius […] […] [Fragment 2] […] [… from the] times of Maximus until now. If we swear truly, may it be well with us, but if we swear falsely, the opposite. Year 6 of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Imperator, month Sebastos 18. I, Totoes son of Peteuris, have sworn the oath. I, Peteuris son of Peteuris, have sworn the oath jointly. I, Herakleios son of Peteuris, have sworn the oath jointly. I, Horses son of Horos, have sworn the oath jointly. I, Hasychis son of Peteuris, have sworn jointly. […] [Year 6 of Tiberius] Claudius Caesar [Augustus Germanicus] Imperator, month Sebastos 18.

The month Sebastos is an honorific name for Thoth; Sebastos 18 of Claudius' year 6 corresponds to 15 September 45. Maximus is probably an earlier official, perhaps a prefect, used as a chronological reference point.

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 Beekeepers). 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.oxy.67.4583

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

[Fr1] Ἡράκλειος Πετεύριος καὶ οἱ τούτου ἀδελφοὶ Τοτοῆς καὶ Πετεῦρις καὶ Ὁρσῆς Ὥρου καὶ Ἁσῦχις Πετεύριος καὶ Σαραπίων Σαραπίωνος καὶ Πτολεμαῖος Α…ε…ι καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ μελισσουργοὶ τῶν ἀπʼ Ὀξυρύγχων πόλεως […]…α Γαίου Ἰουλίου Ε[…]… στρατηγοῦ καὶ Γαλατίωνος Βασιλικοῦ γραμματέως Ὀξυρυγχ…