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End of a private agreement with subscription by Chryses TM 144702Didymoi14. Mai 215

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The end of a private legal agreement on an ostracon from the Roman fort of Didymoi in the Eastern Desert, promising that something would be done without any dispute or quarrel. It is dated Year 23, Pachon 19 (14 May 215), and was written by Chryses for a party who could not write.

In English machine translation

[… lines lost …] […] journey (?) without any dispute and any quarrel. Year 23, Pachon 19. I, Chryses, wrote on his behalf, since he does not know letters.

Only the closing clause, date and subscription survive, so the subject of the agreement is unknown. The word translated 'journey' (poreia) follows a damaged word and its sense here is uncertain.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Actes de droit privé). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 14. Mai 215 · Didymoi

[… ? lines lost …] […]…[…]θω πορεία χωρὶς πάσης ἀντιλογίας καὶ πάσης μάχης. ἔτους κγ Παχων ιθ. Χρυσῆς ἔγραψα ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ μὴ εἰδότος γράμματα