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Opening of a contract in which two villagers from Pesla, Aurelius Bois and Palaus, undertake for four years to carry out work, apparently vineyard cultivation, for Sostratos Aelianus, a gymnasiarch and councillor of Hermopolis. It was drawn up in the Hermopolite nome in Mecheir of AD 320.
Only the opening formulas survive; the nature of the work as vine-dressing rests on a damaged word. The month Mecheir and the eighth indiction fix the date within AD 320.
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 Vertrages, bestimmte Arbeiten zu verrichten). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
ὑπατείας τῶν δεσποτῶν ἡμῶν Κωνσταντίνου Σεβαστοῦ τὸ ϛ καὶ Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ ἐπιφανεστάτου Καίσαρος τὸ α Σωστράτῳ Αἰλιανῷ τῷ καὶ[…] γυμνασιαρχ[…]βουλευτῇ Ἑρμοῦ πόλεως τῆς λαμπροτάτης παρὰ Αὐρηλίων Βώιτος […]ς καὶ Παλαῦτοςἀμφοτέρων ἀπὸ κώμης Πέσλα. ὁμολογοῦμεν ἑκουσίως καὶ αὐθαιρέτω…
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