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HGV: P.Oxy. 2 259 [source] [xml]

Title Bail for a Prisoner
Publications P.Oxy. 2 259
More in series P.Oxy.More in series P.Oxy., vol. 2
Z. 1-21: M.Chr. 101
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Origin Oxyrhynchos
More from Oxyrhynchos
Material Papyrus
Date nach 17. Mai 23
More from the period after 23 CE
Commentary Gehört zum Tryphon - Archiv.
Mentioned Dates
  • Z. 1-22:17. Mai 23
Subjects Brief (privat); Theon an Sarapion (?); Abschrift einer Bürgschaft (Gestellung, Darlehen); Eid
Images http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/pages/index.cfm?so_id=4254...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 20529 [source]

Publications P. Oxy. 2 259 (Grenfell, Bernard P. / Hunt, Arthur S.; 1899) = Chrest. Mitt. 101 (Mitteis, Ludwig / ; 1912)
Inv. no. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Museum E 2798
Date AD 23 May 17 after
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)[found & written]
Archive Tryphon weaver
People mentioned people
Places mentioned places

Catalog Record: upenn.apis.50 [xml]

Title Bail for a Prisoner
Author Theon
Summary Main text: Copy of a declaration on oath addressed to the governor of a public prison by a surety for a man who had been arrested for debt. Theon, the surety, had secured the temporary release of the prisoner, Sarapion, some months previously; and now he undertakes to produce Sarapion within a month or to pay the amount of the debt. (Grenfell & Hunt) Secondary text: The declaration is followed by a short and rather obscure letter written by Theon, and beginning apparently with a message to Sarapion. Theon's object doubtless was to bring to Sarapion's notice the conditions of his bond on Sarapion's behalf. (Grenfell & Hunt)
Citations P. Oxy. 2.259 [John R. Abercrombie, "The University Museum's Collection of Papyri and Related Materials," Expedition 20.2 (Winter 1978): 32-37.]
P.Oxy.:2:259
Inv. Id P.Penn. Museum inv.E02798
Support/Dimensions 17.8 x 34.4cm. Damaged along the top margin and at the bottom left. There are numerous holes throughout. Writing does not extend to the right margin.
Origin Oxyrhynchos
More from Oxyrhynchos
Language Greek
Date 23 CE
More from the period between 23 CE and 24 CE
Note (general) Text is on one side only, 35 lines written with the fibers. Left and right margins are intact; top and bottom margins are visible. Text mentions the location of Phaophi.
Note (local/note) Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology collection
Subjects papyrus; documentary; declaration
Associated Names Demetrius; Tiberius Caesar Novus Augustus; Sarapion; Magianus; Aline; Billus; Tiberius Caesar Augustus; Sarapion; Dionysius; Heliodorus
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

DDbDP transcription: p.oxy.2.259 [xml]

AD 23 Oxyrhynchus
[Reprinted from: chr.mitt.101] M.Chr. 101

ἀντίγρα(φον) χ[ειρογραφία]ς(*).
Θέων Ἀμμω(νίου) Π[έρσης τ]ῆς ἐπιγονῆς
Δημητρίῳ τῷ τεταγμένῳ πρὸς
τῇ τοῦ Διὸς φυλακῇ. ὀμνύω Τιβέριον
5Καίσαρα Νέον Σεβαστὸν Αὐτοκράτορα
εἶ(*) μὴν κτήσεσθαι ἡμ[έ]ρας τρίακοντα
ἐν αἱ(*) ἀ[πο]καταστήσω ὃν ἐνγεγύημαι(*)
παρὰ σοῦ ἐκ [τ]ῆς πολιτικῆς φυλα[κ]ῆς
τῷ Φα̣ῶ̣φ̣ι̣ [το]ῦ ἐνεστῶτος ἔτους
10Σαρα(πίωνα) Σαραπίω(νος) τ̣ὸ̣ν εἰσηγμένον [π]ρὸς [σ]υ̣ν̣-
γρα(φὴν) ἰδιόγραφ[ον] ψελίου χρυσο\ῦ/(*) μνα[ι]η̣ω(*)
δύο Μαγιανοῦ εἰς λόγον Ἀλίνης τῆς
Διονυσίου ἀστῆς διὰ Βίλλου διοικητικ[οῦ]
ὑπηρέτ[ου]. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ παριστῶ ἐν τα[ῖς]
15προκειμέναις ἡμέρας(*) ἐκτείσω τὰ̣
προκειμεναις(*) των(*) χρυσιων(*) μν[α-]
ιηων(*) δύο ἀνυπερθέτως, μὴ ἔχοντός
μου ἐκξουσίαν(*) χρόνον ἕτερον [κ]τ̣ή̣[σ]εσ-
θαι μηδὲ μεταγει(*) ἐμαυτὸν εἰς
20ἑ[τ]έραν φυλακ[ή]ν. εὐορκοῦντι μέν μ[οι]
εὖ εἴη, ἐπιορκο[ῦ]ντι δὲ τὰ ἐναν[τί]α.
(ἔτους) θ Τιβερίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ, Παχ(ὼν) κβ̣.
ὑπόλ̣[ε]ξον Σαραπίω(νι), χάριν οὗ ἦλθεν̣ ὁ̣
Διονύσι[ο]ς ἐτελέσθη, καὶ περὶ τοῦ
25Ἡλ[ιο]δώρου λ[ό]γου σ̣υ̣νπερίλυσον αὐτόν,
καὶ λάβε τ[ὸ] ἀργ(ύριον). συνζητ̣[ο]ῦμ[εν]
τούτου χάριν. οὐκ ἀνεπλευσάμ̣ε[θ(α)]
ἐν τ[ού]τῳ τῷ πλοίῳ ὅτι οὐκ ἑ͂λκε(*) μ[  ̣  ̣]  ̣
ἢ̣ α̣ὐ̣τ̣ὸ̣ν ἱκανοδοτοῦντ[  ̣]  ̣μ̣ε[  ̣  ̣  ̣]
30ἕως ἑαυτὸν αὐτ[ὸ]ν \Traces 8 characters/ ποιήσω, εἰ δὲ [μ]ὴ
ἐμβέβηκ(εν). ἔρρω(σο).
βλέπε με πῶς ἡ μήτηρ ἡ̣μ̣ῶ̣ν̣
[ἔ]σ̣φαξε χάριν τοῦ χειρογράφου   ̣  ̣  ̣ω̣(  )
[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]α̣φ[  ̣  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣  ̣[  ̣]ηκα δε[  ̣  ̣  ̣]  ̣[  ̣  ̣]  ̣
35 [- ca.14 - κα]λ(ῶς(?)) δρᾷ.

Apparatus


^ 1. BL 1.319 : χ[ειρογράφο]υ̣ prev. ed.
^ 6. l. ἦ
^ 7. l. αἷ<ς>
^ 7. l. ἠγγύημαι
^ 11. corr. ex χρυσου⟦ν⟧
^ 11. l. μναιαίω(ν)
^ 15. l. ἡμέρα<ι>ς
^ 16. l. προκείμενα
^ 16. l. τοῦ
^ 16. l. χρυσίου
^ 16-17. l. μν[α] |ιαῖα
^ 18. l. ἐξουσίαν
^ 19. l. μετάγει<ν>
^ 28. l. εἷλκε

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HGV 20529 Translation (English) [xml]

(Translation: from P.Oxy. 2) Copy of a bond. Theon, son of Ammonius, a Persian of the Epigone, to Demetrius, governor of the prison of Zeus. I swear by Tiberius Caesar Novus Augustus Imperator, that I have thirty days in which to restore to you the man whom I bailed out of the public prison in Phaophi of the present year, Sarapion, son of Sarapion, arrested through Billus, assistant to the dioecetes, on account of a note of hand for a gold bracelet weighing two minae to Magianus on behalf of Aline, citizen, daughter of Dionysius. If I do not produce him within the said number of days, I will pay the said two minae of gold without delay, and I have no power to obtain a further period of time nor to transfer myself to another prison. If I swear truly, may it be well with me, but if falsely, the reverse. 9th year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, Pachon 22.

APIS Translation (English)

Copy of a bond. Theon, son of Ammonius, a Persian of the Epigone, to Demetrius, governor of the prison of Zeus. I swear by Tiberius Caesar Novus Augustus Imperator, that I have thirty days in which to restore to you the man whom I bailed out of the public prison in Phaophi of the present year, Sarapion, son of Sarapion, arrested through Billus, assistant to the dioecetes, on account of a note of hand for a gold bracelet weighing two minae to Magianus on behalf of Aline, citizen, daughter of Dionysius. If I do not produce him within the said number of days, I will pay the said two minae of gold without delay, and I have no power to obtain a further period of time nor to transfer myself to another prison If I swear truly, may it be well with me, but if falsely, the reverse. 9th year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus, Pachon 22. (Grenfell & Hunt)