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A phylakites declares on oath that he will perform his duties properly.
Translation: To Asklepiades. Written guard-declaration that I have in truth received the hereinafter mentioned amounts, and will not surrender any part of them to another under any pretext, unless I first receive written instructions and am ordered to (deliver them) to the proper persons, and that I will keep the best guard possible upon other people's holdings and … If I swear truly may it be well with me, but if falsely, the reverse … At Tebtunis: from Zoilos son of Petosiris ... (Here the papyrus breaks off.)
Translation: To Asklepiades. Written guard-declaration that I have in truth received the hereinafter mentioned amounts, and will not surrender any part of them to another under any pretext, unless I first receive written instructions and am ordered to (deliver them) to the proper persons, and that I will keep the best guard possible upon other people's holdings and … If I swear truly may it be well with me, but if falsely, the reverse … At Tebtunis: from Zoilos son of Petosiris ... (Here the papyrus breaks off.)