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HGV: P.Oxy. 1 139 [source] [xml]

Title Promise to be Honest
Publications P.Oxy. 1 139
More in series P.Oxy.More in series P.Oxy., vol. 1
Sel. Pap. I 25
Support/Dimensions Papyrus
Post-Concordance BL Entries VIII 233
Translations Winter, Life and Letters (1933), S. 104
Origin Oxyrhynchos
More from Oxyrhynchos
Material Papyrus
Date 26. Okt. 612
More from the period between 612 CE and 613 CE
Commentary Gehört zum Apionen - Archiv. Zur Datierung vgl. BL VIII, S. 233.
Print Illustrations Diethart - Worp, Notarsunterschriften, Tafel 44, Oxy. 9.9.2 (Z. 33)
Subjects Erklärung eines Wächters eines Gutes (Land); Ehrlichkeit
Images http://ipap.csad.ox.ac.uk/4DLink4/4DACTION/IPAPwebquery?vPub...
License Creative Commons License © Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Trismegistos: 20778 [source]

Publications P. Oxy. 1 139 (Grenfell, Bernard P. / Hunt, Arthur S.; 1898) = Sel. Pap. 1 25 (Hunt, Arthur S. / Edgar, Campbell Cowan; 1932) = P. Cairo Cat. 10049 descr. (Grenfell, Bernard P. / Hunt, Arthur S.; 1903)
Inv. no. Cairo, Egyptian Museum CG 10049
Date AD 612 Oct 26
Language Greek
Provenance Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa)[found & written]
Archive Apiones
People mentioned people
Places mentioned places

Catalog Record: oxford-ipap.apis.1710 [xml]

Title Promise to be honest
Summary P.Oxy. I 133-139 are concerned with the affairs of Fl. Apion, his heirs, or his son, Fl. Apion the younger. The family figures in a considerable proportion of the Oxyrhynchus papyri of this period. Contract between Aurelius Menas, head-watchman, and Fl. Apion the younger, by which Menas undertakes to pay 24 solidi should he be proved to have been a party to any theft of the agricultural plant under his charge.
Citations P.Oxy. 1 139
P.Oxy.:1:139
Inv. Id uninventoried
Support/Dimensions 1 papyrus ; 31.8 x 12.1
Origin Oxyrhynchus
More from Oxyrhynchus
Date A.D. 612
More from the period between 612 CE and 613 CE
Note (local/note) CG1049
Subjects Documentary; Papyri
License Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

DDbDP transcription: p.oxy.1.139 [xml]

AD 612 Oxyrhynchus

r
[† ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ]
[Χριστοῦ του θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν],
[βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβ(εστάτου)(*)]
[δεσπότου μεγίστου εὐεργέτου Φλ(αουίου) Ἡρακλείου]
5[τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου] καὶ Αὐτοκρ(άτορος)
ἔτ[ους γ], Φ[αῶ]φι κθ, ἰνδ(ικτίονος) α.
Φλ(αουίῳ) Ἀπίωνι τῷ πανευφήμῳ καὶ ὑ(*)περφ(υεστάτῳ)
ἀπὸ ὑ(*)πάτων καὶ πατρικίῳ, γεουχοῦντι καὶ
ἐνταῦθα τῇ λαμπρᾷ Ὀξυρ(υγχιτῶν) πόλ(ει), διὰ Μηνᾶ
10οἰκέτου τοῦ ἐπερωτῶντος καὶ προσπορ(ίζοντος)
τῷ ἰ(*)δίῳ δεσπότῃ τῷ αὐτῷ πανευφ(ήμῳ)
ἀνδρὶ τὴν ἀγωγὴν καὶ ἐνοχήν,
Αὐρήλιος Μηνᾶς πρωτοφύλαξ, υἱὸς
Ὦρ μητρὸς Ἡραίδος, ἀπὸ κώμης
15Ἀδαίου τοῦ Ὀξυρ(υγχίτου) νομοῦ παγαρχουμέ(νης)
παρὰ τῆς ὑ(*)μετέρας ὑ(*)περφ(υείας). ὁμολογῶ
τῇ ὑ(*)μετέρᾳ ὑπερφ(υείᾳ) διὰ τῶν αὐτῇ
προσηκόντων, ὡς ε̣ἴ ποτε καιρῷ
ἢ χρόνῳ φανομεν(*) κλέψαντες
20μηχανικὰ σκεύη ἢ βοί(*)δια,
ἢ οἱανδήποτε κλοπὴν
ποιήσαντες, ἢ ὑ(*)ποδέξασθαι
λιστάς(*), ἐπὶ τῷ ἐμὲ παρασχεῖν
τῇ ὑ(*)μετέρᾳ ὑπερφ(υείᾳ) ὑ(*)πὲρ
25ἑκάστου ἐγχειρήματος χρυσίου
νομίσμ(ατα) εἴκοσι τέσσαρα , ἔργῳ καὶ
δυνάμει ἀπαιτούμ(ενα) κινδ(ύνῳ) ἐμῷ καὶ
τῆς ἐμῆς ὑ(*)ποστάσεως. κυρ(ία)
ἡ ὁμολ(ογία) ἁπλ(ῆ) γραφ(εῖσα), καὶ ἐπερ(ωτηθεὶς) ὡμολ(όγησα). †
——
30Μηνᾶς υἱὸς Ὦρ, στοιχεῖ μοι
αὕτη ἡ ὁμολ(ογία) ὡς πρ(όκειται). Ἰωάν[ν]ης
ἔγρ(αψα) ὑ(πὲρ) αὐτοῦ ἀγρ(αμμάτου) ὄντος.
† di em(u) I(*)oannu eteliothh. v
[† ὁμολ](ογία) Μηνᾶ πρωτοφύλακ(ος), υἱοῦ Ὦρ, ἀπὸ κώμ(ης) Ἀδαίου τοῦ Ὀξυρυγχ(ίτου) νομοῦ. †

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^ r.7. ϋπερφ papyrus
^ r.8. ϋπατων papyrus
^ r.11. ϊδιω papyrus
^ r.16. ϋμετερασ papyrus
^ r.16. ϋπερφ papyrus
^ r.17. ϋμετερα papyrus
^ r.19. l. φανούμεθα
^ r.20. βοϊδια papyrus
^ r.22. ϋποδεξασθαι papyrus
^ r.23. l. λῃστάς
^ r.24. ϋμετερα papyrus
^ r.24. ϋπερ papyrus
^ r.28. ϋποστασεωσ papyrus
^ r.33. ïoannu papyrus

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HGV 20778 Translation (English) [xml]

(Translation: from P.Oxy. 1) [After the date and customary formula of address the contract proceeds:—] I promise to your magnificence through your representatives, that if ever at any season or time I shall be found to have stolen the gear of the machinery or of the oxen, or to have committed any theft whatsoever, or to have harboured thieves, I will forfeit to your magnificence for each attempt 24 gold solidi, actual payment of which is to be enforced at the risk of myself and my property.