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Sworn declaration of village elders that no arrow-reed or tamarisk is planted TM 9596Kerkesucha Orus (Arsinoites)3. Apr. 119

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A sworn declaration by the three village elders of Kerkesoucha Orous in the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome, addressed to the village scribe Areios. They swear by the fortune of the emperor Hadrian that no arrow-reed or tamarisk is being planted around the village. It is dated 3 April 119.

In English machine translation

To Areios, village scribe of Kerkesoucha Orous and other villages, greetings. Miysis son of M[…] […], Harmiysis [son of Harmiysis(?)] […] and [Ptol]lion son of Panesis, the three elders of the aforementioned village of Kerkesoucha Orous in the division of Herakleides, we swear by the fortune of Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus that we do not have around the village any arrow-reed or tamarisk being planted; otherwise may we be liable to the oath. The body of the document was written by Al…s, the notary of the village. Harmiysis son of Harmiysis and Miysis son of Soma…os and Ptollion son of Panesios, elders, we have sworn the aforementioned oath. I, Ptollion, wrote on behalf of those who do not know letters. Year 3 of Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus, Pharmouthi 8.

Arrow-reed (toxikos kalamos) and tamarisk were materials of state interest, and such declarations concerned their cultivation around villages. Some names in the opening lines are damaged and are restored from the subscription.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Beeidete Erklärung). 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 · 3. Apr. 119 · Kerkesucha Orus (Arsinoites)

Ἀρείωι κωμογραμματεῖ Κερκεσούχων Ὄρους καὶ ἄλλων κωμῶν χαίρειν. Μιῦσις Μ[…]……ι… …… Ἁρμιυσ[…]…λιων Πανήσιος οἱ τρεῖς πρεσβύτεροι τῆς προκιμένης κώμης Κερκεσούχων Ὄρουςτῆς Ἡρακλείδου μερίδος ὀμνύομεν τὴν — Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τραιανοῦ Ἁδριανοῦ Σεβαστοῦ τύχην μὴ ἔχειν ἡμᾶς περὶ τὴ…