A sworn guarantee addressed to Isidoros, strategos of part of the Arsinoite nome, by three villagers of Andromachis who stand surety for four village elders accused by a certain Chairemon in connection with a collection, promising to produce them when required or be answerable themselves. It is dated 1 May 144 under Antoninus Pius; a damaged further entry involving the village scribe Heron follows.
In English machine translation
To Isidoros, strategos of the Themistos and Polemon divisions of the Arsinoite nome,
from […]sy[…] son of Peteeus, and Panesneus son of Pakysis, grandson of Kraton, and Orsenouphis son of Mesoeris, grandson of Emeosis,
the 3 from the village of Andromachis in the Themistos division.
We swear by the fortune of Antoninus Caesar the lord that we freely and of our own choice stand surety for Harpaesis son of Paseis and Sarapion son of Orsenouphis and Harpaesis son of Dioskourides and […]yonsis son of Panesneus, the 4 elders of the same village, who are accused by Chairemon […] concerning the collection which he says was made […] of wheat (?), whom we shall also produce if they are sought, in accordance with the memorandum made by you on the present day; and if we do not produce them, we ourselves will be answerable on their behalf and […] Written in the presence of […], assistant.
[…] aged 60, scar on the middle of the brow,
[and] Panesneus aged 85, scar on a finger of the left hand,
[and] Orsenouphis aged 58, scar on the left foot.
[…] through Apollonios, notary, as they state that they do not know letters. Year 7, Pachon 6.
[…] of the Themistos and Polemon divisions of the Arsinoite nome, Heron, village scribe of the village […]
[…] and I[…] son of Apollonios, elders of the same village, sought […]
[…] in the village […] village likewise of the village […]
[…] to be […] through […] not […]
[…] we say (?) Heron aged 30 […]
[…] through Heron, village scribe […]
The word logia refers to a collection of money or contributions, here apparently alleged to have been made improperly by the elders. The final section is very damaged and its relation to the oath is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.