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The opening of a Byzantine document, probably a contract or declaration, with an invocation of Christ and a dating clause by the regnal year of Emperor Heraclius. It is addressed to the administrator of a 'glorious house', a great estate, and dates to 28 October 618, probably in the Oxyrhynchite nome.
The 'glorious house' (endoxos oikos) refers to a great landed estate, likely that of a noble family such as the Apiones at Oxyrhynchus. Only the formulaic heading survives, so the document's type cannot be determined.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Beginning of a 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.
† ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου καὶ δεσπότου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν. βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου μεγίστου εὐεργέτου Φλαουίου Ἡρακλείου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου καὶ Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους θ Ἁθὺρ α ἰνδικτίονος ζ. […] λαμπροτάτῳ διοικητῇ τοῦ ἐνδόξου οἴκο…
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