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Opening of a contract from Oxyrhynchus in which Aurelia Maria, daughter of Arron and Annis, acting with a guarantor, addresses Pamouthios son of the late Menas, evidently concerning the advance sale and future delivery of wine. It is dated 2 February 580, under Emperor Tiberius II Constantine. The rest of the document is lost; the verso bears a docket naming Maria.
This is a delivery sale, where payment is received in advance and the goods delivered later; the terms of the wine delivery are lost. The guarantor's name is lost in the break.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Anfang eines Vertrags: Lieferungskauf von Wein). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[r] † βασιλείας τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου μεγίστου εὐεργέτου Φλαουίου Τιβερίου Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ αἰωνίου Αὐγούστου καὶ Αὐτοκράτορος ἔτους ε ὑπατείας τοῦ αὐτοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου ἡμῶν δεσπότου ἔτους β, Μεχεὶρ ζ ἰνδικτίωνος ιγ. τῷ θαυμασιωτάτῳ Παμουθίῳ υἱῷ τοῦ μακαρίου …
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