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A sworn declaration of surety addressed to Hierax also called Nemesion, strategos of the Herakleides division of the Arsinoite nome. A man, son of Sarapion, swears by the fortune of the emperor Septimius Severus that he guarantees two former gymnasiarchs, apparently appointed as collectors for his village, and will produce them when required.
The office of the two guaranteed men is abbreviated and damaged; 'collectors' (praktores) is a probable reading. Such oaths guaranteed that men named to compulsory public services would appear and perform them.
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 Surety). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
Ἱέρακι τῷ καὶ Νεμεσίωνι στρατηγῷ ἈρσινοίτουἩρακλείδου μερίδος παρὰ Πας[…] Σαραπίωνος […]… ἀπὸ κώμης […]ρ· ὀμνύω τὴν Λουκίου Σεπτιμίου Σεουήρου Περτίνακος Σεβαστοῦ τύχην ἑκουσίως καὶ αὐθαιρέτως ἐγγυᾶσθαι Σωκράτην Πτολ γεγυμνασιαρχηκότα καὶ […]…[…] γεγυμνασιαρχηκότα τοὺς δύο α[…]…ο…
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