p.diog.49
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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 10713
Conclusion of a document with subscription for an illiterate party TM 10713Philadelphia (?) (Arsinoites)225 - 226
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The fragmentary end of a document, probably a contract or declaration, in which a scribe signs on behalf of an illiterate party through a notary. It is dated to year 5 of the emperor Severus Alexander (AD 225-226), probably at Philadelphia in the Arsinoite nome.
In English machine translation
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Year 5 of Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Pius Felix Augustus, […]
The phrase 'does not know letters' is the standard formula for an illiterate party whose subscription was written by someone else. The nature of the main document is lost.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Conclusion d’un document). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.