Fragment of a lease offer in which Aurelius, son of Heraeis, from a village of the Oxyrhynchite nome, undertakes to lease something from a pious member of the clergy of the holy church. The date by consulship, regnal year, era years 261/230 and third indiction points to AD 584/585.
In English machine translation
[recto]
In the consulship of the same most serene […] our master, year three […]
To the most pious […] of the holy church […]
Apphouas (?), former […] of the city […], Aurelius […], son (?) of Heraeis, originating from the village of […] of the Oxyrhynchite nome, greetings. I voluntarily undertake to lease, from the current year 261/230 of the present third indiction, […] from you […]
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[verso]
† Lease […]
The year numbers 261 and 230 are the double era of Oxyrhynchus, which counted years from AD 324 and 355. What was leased is lost; the verso docket reads simply "Lease".
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Frammento di contratto d’affitto). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.