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A deed of surety in which Aurelius Menas, a symmachos (courier) living in the hamlet of Krustu, guarantees to Flavius Athanasios, domesticus and defensor of Arsinoe, through his administrator Apa Eous, for Georgios son of Elias of Armatoura, undertaking that he will not abscond. Written at Arsinoe on Pauni 2 of an 11th indiction.
A symmachos was a courier or armed messenger in the service of an estate or official. The obligations of the surety are largely lost after the first clause.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Deed 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.
† ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν καὶ τῆς δεσποίνης ἡμῶν τῆς ἁγίας θεοτόκου καὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων, Παῦνι β, ια ἰνδικτίονος, ἐν Ἀρσινόῃ † Φλαουίῳ Ἀθανασίῳ τῷ μεγαλοπρεπεστάτῳ δομεστικῷ καὶ ἐκδίκῳ ταύτης τῆς Ἀρσινοιτῶν πόλεως, διὰ ἄπα Ἠοῦ τ…
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