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The end of a sworn declaration by inhabitants of Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome, who swear by the fortune of the emperor Antoninus Pius concerning land cultivation assigned to them. Because they were illiterate, the nomographos Orion wrote and described them, on 2 November 138.
"Assigned cultivation" (anadedomene georgia) probably refers to state land allotted to farmers for compulsory cultivation. A nomographos was a village scribe who wrote documents for illiterate parties and recorded their physical descriptions.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Oath). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] Φιλαδελφείας, ἐπιδεδώκαμεν καὶ ὀμνύομεν τὴν Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος Τίτου Αἰλίου Ἁδριανοῦ Ἀντωνείνου Σεβαστοῦ Εὐσεβοῦς τύχην ἐξ ὑγιοῦς καὶ ἐπʼ ἀληθείας τοὺς προγεγραμμένους ……[…]… […]ειν τῇ ἀναδεδομένῃ γεωργίᾳ ἢ ἔνοχοι εἴημεν τῷ ὅρκῳ. ἔγραψεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν καὶ εἰκόνικεν φαμένων μὴ…
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